HI. I see many references to outcomes, some about specific majors and others about earning potential.
Does anyone have favorite, reliable sources for comparative outcomes that they would recommend (e.g., percent going to grad school, early or mid career earnings, job placement, relative cumulative GPAs, measure of academic or intellectual growth, satisfaction etc.).
Thanks!
Nothing answers all the questions you asked, but this is a good start.
Thanks @eyemgh. Very helpful source for comparing salary outcomes by major and college!
Check out the First Destination Surveys for the colleges that are on your list. It’s a bit of a slog but you can see what companies are hiring from that campus, what parts of the country students end up in, etc…
The thing I really like is that the data is not voluntarily submitted by graduates like it is for a source like PayScale. Everyone who gets federal aid or backed loans is included. Now that’s not everyone, but it’s a lot. Something like 70% of students graduate with some amount of debt.
It reveals some interesting things. For example, Mechanical Engineering graduates of Kettering and University of Michigan - Dearborn, both earn more on average at 2 years out than the ME graduates of University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. In fact, for ME, they both out earn MIT grads.
I like to use that and then look at LinkedIn school profiles under alumni, specifically what they studied and where they work. It’s not perfect. That data is self reported, and will include any job in a profile, even things like student jobs, internships and coops.