Anonymous
03/05/2013 11:16
Subject: Hokies higher salaries than UVA Cavs and William&Mary...
Seriously, this is all about the dominance of engineering as a good source of entry-level jobs and good career prospects. My dad was an engineering and always said it was the easiest way for a smart working class kid like him to break into the middle and upper middle class because the field was much more a meritocracy than business or other fields.
The problem is that not everyone wants to be an engineer. I didn't. I was OK in math and my dad used to complain about his job all the time, so it was a big turn off for me.
At places like VT, a huge percentage of undergrads are engineering or science majors (maybe half), which schools like UVA and W&M have small engineering and science programs.
If you compared business, social science, and liberal arts salaries at mid career at UVA and W&M, I suspect they would be higher than VT. That would be the relevant stat to look at if you were not going into engineering or science.
The problem is that not everyone wants to be an engineer. I didn't. I was OK in math and my dad used to complain about his job all the time, so it was a big turn off for me.
At places like VT, a huge percentage of undergrads are engineering or science majors (maybe half), which schools like UVA and W&M have small engineering and science programs.
If you compared business, social science, and liberal arts salaries at mid career at UVA and W&M, I suspect they would be higher than VT. That would be the relevant stat to look at if you were not going into engineering or science.
Anonymous
02/14/2013 20:40
Subject: Hokies higher salaries than UVA Cavs and William&Mary...
Hazard pay
Anonymous
02/14/2013 20:15
Subject: Re:Hokies higher salaries than UVA Cavs and William&Mary...
Anonymous wrote:Another list where UVA, W&M, vt and gmu lead Virginia's colleges. There's the top 4.
actually William and Mary is lower than more than half the VA schools.
Anonymous
02/14/2013 20:03
Subject: Hokies higher salaries than UVA Cavs and William&Mary...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Upward mobility among engineers is not great. Starting salaries, however, are.
They have high employment and if they graduate from law school they're practically guaranteed a job, where upward mobility is meteoric.
Yes, but then you have to be a lawyer. Most engineers I know would shudder at the thought of being a lawyer. Not everybody is looking for the largest salary possible.
Then I guess they are very happy with their engineering degrees from Tech. Go Hokies!
Anonymous
02/14/2013 19:58
Subject: Hokies higher salaries than UVA Cavs and William&Mary...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Upward mobility among engineers is not great. Starting salaries, however, are.
They have high employment and if they graduate from law school they're practically guaranteed a job, where upward mobility is meteoric.
Yes, but then you have to be a lawyer. Most engineers I know would shudder at the thought of being a lawyer. Not everybody is looking for the largest salary possible.