What's Your Degree Worth?

Your graduating this May and there is nothing you can do about it. Seven years on campus, it's about time to leave anyway. And since you've paid all that money might as well start paying off some of those loans. Take a look at some of the survey averages collected by National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and CNNMoney.com:

Mechanical, Chemical and Electric Engineers and Computer Science dgrees take the hog's share with average salary startin above $50,000.

Accountants and Finance/Economics degees earn $45,000 in 2006 and that doesn't count your private investments, Math + All Your Living Time= Money Money Money.

Business Administration majors worked for $39,850 this year which is up 3.9% from last year. While Marketing degrees earned 3.4% less than last year at $36,260, sorry guys people really do hate commercials.

Just sqeaking into $30,000 per year Liberal Arts degrees are becoming more worthy with a 6.1% increase. Hey, your a Communications major, ASK for a better salary.

The survey also took into account the increase in number of graduates and an overall increase in total salaries for college graduates.

And if you wanna work for the man, "the federal government is expected to be one of the most ambitious employers, hiring 22.8 percent more college grads this year, followed by the service industry which is projecting a 21.6 percent increase."(Ellis) All and all graduates are going to get paid, remember that. So, it may be more beneficial to your health to do something fun and not become a cubical slave. In the words of Bob Marley, who neither had a college degree or a real job, "Don't Worry, Cause Everything Gonna Be Alright".


Justin Dennis


References:

Ellis, David."Job prospects heat up for the Class of '06"
CNNMoney.com . Febuary 24, 2006