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Not to mention location. Cost of living and salary go hand and hand. Urban folks make more, but it costs them more to live ect. There's also a difference in, say, the north east and the south east as far as that goes.newtoasu wrote:These "rankings" are not worth the pixels they use.
The problem with these rankings is that they do not factor in the degrees offered by each school. For instance, if a school has an engineering program their grads will make more over the course of their lives and that will increase the average ROI for all of their grads. If a school has a large number of lower paying programs (like education at App) this will skew the results downward. They say nothing about the quality of a school, just how many grads they produce in higher paying fields.
I agree with it being misleading... and not to argue for agruments' sake.. But once a person graduates they generally spread out like a shotgun pattern... They'll hit high COL locations as well as low...Gonzo wrote:Not to mention location. Cost of living and salary go hand and hand. Urban folks make more, but it costs them more to live ect. There's also a difference in, say, the north east and the south east as far as that goes.newtoasu wrote:These "rankings" are not worth the pixels they use.
The problem with these rankings is that they do not factor in the degrees offered by each school. For instance, if a school has an engineering program their grads will make more over the course of their lives and that will increase the average ROI for all of their grads. If a school has a large number of lower paying programs (like education at App) this will skew the results downward. They say nothing about the quality of a school, just how many grads they produce in higher paying fields.
Very misleading stats.
Depends on the school, really. How many urban schools have as high a percentage of alumni moving to urbania compared to a school like App?vegattk wrote:But once a person graduates they generally spread out like a shotgun pattern... They'll hit high COL locations as well as low...
Also what about the kids that go to fancy colleges and get a job in the family's firm or because their dad knows someone. It didn't matter what school they went to they were going to have a high paying job. Secondly, look at some of the programs that APP is very much into teaching, environmental, etc that are not necessarily high paying jobs, but could lead to very much satisfaction. Compare that to an UNCC that will get a lot of students from charlotte that want to go into banking. High paying but a suck job. IMHOnewtoasu wrote:These "rankings" are not worth the pixels they use.
The problem with these rankings is that they do not factor in the degrees offered by each school. For instance, if a school has an engineering program their grads will make more over the course of their lives and that will increase the average ROI for all of their grads. If a school has a large number of lower paying programs (like education at App) this will skew the results downward. They say nothing about the quality of a school, just how many grads they produce in higher paying fields.
Not to argue but I have read in the past that most college graduates tend to live within 50 miles of their school after graduation- I'm not sure that would support your shotgun theory. If I come across a link I will post it. In Apps case, I would guess the shotgun theory applies more than other schools due to our location.vegattk wrote:I agree with it being misleading... and not to argue for agruments' sake.. But once a person graduates they generally spread out like a shotgun pattern... They'll hit high COL locations as well as low...Gonzo wrote:Not to mention location. Cost of living and salary go hand and hand. Urban folks make more, but it costs them more to live ect. There's also a difference in, say, the north east and the south east as far as that goes.newtoasu wrote:These "rankings" are not worth the pixels they use.
The problem with these rankings is that they do not factor in the degrees offered by each school. For instance, if a school has an engineering program their grads will make more over the course of their lives and that will increase the average ROI for all of their grads. If a school has a large number of lower paying programs (like education at App) this will skew the results downward. They say nothing about the quality of a school, just how many grads they produce in higher paying fields.
Very misleading stats.
Although I find it really interesting to see the ROI of college tuition. I think we're starting to see a shift in public thought on the cost of education vs. the jobs you find afterwards. A lot of people would look towards those degrees you can: A. Find a job in after graduation and B. Make money doing so.