Posted on 12/10/2015 8:53:48 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A handful of today's top colleges ask for more than $60,000 a year — and they're only getting pricier.
Does such a pricey education pay off in the long run? We looked at a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which breaks down the median earnings of students from over 1,400 colleges 10 years after starting their studies.
Using Business Insider's list of the 20 most expensive colleges in America, we highlighted how much students are earning after graduating from the priciest schools. Only one of these schools, Harvey Mudd College, ranked in Georgetown's top 10 list of colleges where students are earning the most, and over half of them didn't even crack the top 50.
Read on to see how much graduates from the most expensive schools go on to earn a decade after enrolling, ranked in ascending order of median earnings.
There is no salary data available for Bard College at Simon's Rock (the 6th most expensive college), so it has not been included in this list:
Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, New York
11th most expensive college in America.
Total cost per year: $64,254
Median earnings 10 years after enrolling: $35,700
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Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
9th most expensive college in America.
Total cost per year: $64,266
Median earnings 10 years after enrolling: $38,400
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Sarah Lawrence College
Yonkers, New York
4th most expensive college in America.
Total cost per year: $65,630
Median earnings 10 years after enrolling: $39,700
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Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
12th most expensive college in America.
Total cost per year: $64,216
Median earnings 10 years after enrolling: $55,600
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New York University
New York City, New York
3rd most expensive college in America.
Total cost per year: $65,860
Median earnings 10 years after enrolling: $58,800
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Go to College.
Adopt a Leftist view of the World.
Something like:
“I’d Love To Change The World”
Then;
Ten Years After;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6xaFZStEI
My daughter graduated from a prestigious “Ivy” university in 2011 and she is already earning quite a bit more than their median graduate. We are glad we made the sacrifice. Our child is launched! I can pass from the scene with the knowledge she at least has a chance.
I was earning just under 9 million yen (roughly $74K) per year ten years after graduating from Minnesota State’s night school at $127/credit hour (the equivalent of roughly $4,600 per year full-time). Location of where you work is key. So is learning something useful.
There are so many people, worse off for going to college. Years of spending, not earning, life placed on hold.
Then the burden of debt for a lifetime, in many cases.
Think it out, before making the plunge. Or do it cheaply.
On the other hand, a marketable skill such as carpentry, welding, or other trade capability PLUS a degree makes you an attractive candidate to many.
The problem here is that colleges focus on self-important pursuits instead of practical application of knowledge. My degree in English Comp would’ve taken me no where had I not had a strong background in computer programming, technical support, networking, and operating systems. My degree means nothing to hiring managers, because my practical knowledge speaks louder.
RE: ten years after graduating from Minnesota State’s night school at $127/credit hour (
What did you major in? That’s the difference maker, I think.
“Ten Years After;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6xaFZStEI";
Excellent tune! Totally forgot about it. I used to listen to this one in the 70s, along with Don’t Fear the Reaper, over and over again on one of my older brother’s albums. Thanks for posting. Going down memory lane this morning with a few songs.
MBA . . . which are now a dime a dozen. Of course, it didn’t hurt having a strong foreign language foundation in the country where I eventually got hired. But I worked some pretty lousy, low-paying jobs until then.
Dang! Going down memory lane. That guitar! So sweet.
“I’d Love To Change The World”
Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
‘Til there are no rich no more
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you
Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, No none for me
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you
Oh yeah!
World pollution, there’s no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Senators stop the war
I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you
What were these people majoring in, Transgender Poetry?
Why do kids have to go to college? To prove they are half intelligent. Why can’t business just use IQ tests? They discriminate against blacks. So kids have to waste a ton of time and money going to college because of race differences on IQ tests.
“MBA . . . which are now a dime a dozen. Of course, it didn’t hurt having a strong foreign language foundation in the country where I eventually got hired. But I worked some pretty lousy, low-paying jobs until then.”
My son will be going for his MBA as a grad assistant. School pays for it, he earns a few dollars and he can work on the side.
Yup. College is a scam. Intelligence, knowledge, charisma, and drive to succeed are a personal choice.
I’m 40 years back in time...listening to big bros’ albums with head phones on:
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper 1976https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg
Truly, thanks for posting that Ten Years After great memory.
He should go for it then. My brother got a similar deal from his employer at the University of Chicago. Not all MBAs are created equal.
Worthless statistics.
Show me a demographic breakdown and then put it into the curriculum spectrum.
Mike Rowe’s talks on the “skills mismatch” are overlooked by the media in the “everyone to college” discussion.
Too many people flunk out of four year college trying to get a business degree or finish with a useless liberal arts degree when they would get a better paying job with 12-24 months of votech school in plumbing, training as a mechanic or phlebotomist, CNC machine programming, etc.
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