<p>Hey, Lets Start A Thread Where We List The Average Starting Pay For Graduates Out Of Particular Schools.</p>
<p>I think the Average Starting Pay for Certain Majors might be more helpful. No matter where a history major went, they might have trouble finding work. For that kind of information, <a href="http://www.studentsreview.com/salary_by_major.php3%5B/url%5D">http://www.studentsreview.com/salary_by_major.php3</a> is helpful</p>
<p>if i'm reading that link correctly, a history major's "current salary" is $102,680? you've got to be kidding me right? i think that's a little high. </p>
<p>i think salary by major is misleading because your major doesn't necessarily correlate with what kind of job you get. for example, a history major could become a lawyer, thus inflating the "history major" salary when most history majors who don't go to law school earn significantly less. </p>
<p>from the same website, i think salary by job would be a lot more accurate:
<a href="http://www.studentsreview.com/index_r_u.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.studentsreview.com/index_r_u.html</a></p>
<p>it obviously depends on major. Even a graduate of an average or below-average engineering school will have a higher starting salary than me when i graduate.. and im in the supposed "best school in the world" for my major (journalism) at northwestern. </p>
<p>If you compare gradutes of schools who are business majors (say, starting salary of a business major at penn vs business major at USC).. this statistic is also nearly irrelevant. It tells you more about the strength of the students who go there than the quality of the education. Meaning, if you are smart enough to get into Penn, but you choose to go to, say, University of Iowa, or whatever your state public school is.. the studies have shown that you're pretty much going to get the same salary, and have the same salary 20 years after graduating as well. </p>
<p>Read about it in the Sept. '04 issue of Atlantic Monthly. (im too lazy to find the html)</p>
<p>I'm not sure these stats are necessarily accurate. Being that these are self-reported, people tend to inflate grades, GPA's, test scores, and starting salaries. I find that a starting salary of $43,000 for music performance extraordinarily high. I find it hard to believe that the starting salary for music performance is higher than zoology. One reportee claims to have graduate from the Juilliard School of Music in 2002 and had jobs of Assistant and Associate Professor.</p>
<p>With no one checking the stats, the website is marginally useful at best.</p>
<p>Jon</p>
<p>does anyone have a link where starting salaries can be found?</p>
<p>hahah...i should study astronomy...i didnt know they make so much bling.</p>