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"Hardcore" Unemployable? |
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Good pt, but... |
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06/26/2002 |
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Top ten does not equal $130,000 in all cases, just when graduates are successful and not depressed about their prospects and therefore opt to report their salaries to career services!
I just finished a costly and lengthy professional degree in another field at a top-7 school that vaunts its high starting salaries. However, those numbers are rigged in the sense that 1) it is only people working for firms who make that amount, and separate tables are used for people who cannot find work in firms (as well as those who don't want to work in firms), and 2) also rigged in the sense that unemployed graduates are loath to advertise what they may perceive as failure, and consequently don't report their starting salary upon graduation as ZERO.
Additionally, watch out for percentage employed statistics. Those can be misleading as well, unless you consider "temping" to be valid employment in your field under the analysis.
As with any educational undertaking, be wary of promises, given that the programs themselves have little accountability.
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Yes, schools probably go to lengths to sway the numbers in their favor. I get that. Factoring in zeros wouldn't help present a clearer picture.
Numbers may be exagerated. But how far? In good years, 90+% of graduates from top schools had ofers, with 2-4 offers per person.
This year sucks and employment is more like 60%-70%.
I can't imagine salary or hired data is inflated by more than 10%. Maybe I'm just optimistic.
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