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Most lucrative college degrees
CNN/Money ^ | 7/27/04 | Deshundra Jefferson

Posted on 08/03/2004 4:49:17 AM PDT by Dane

..."This is definitely a transitional year," said Andrea Koncz, a NACE spokesperson. NACE releases its "Salary Survey" quarterly, with the final report for the 2003-2004 recruiting year due in September.

Engineering majors are seeing the most cash, led by gains from chemical engineering graduates who now earn $52,819 a year, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier. Computer engineering graduates are following closely behind with $51,572, but that figure represents a 0.3 percent decrease from last year.

Those graduating with a degree in computer science are seeing heartier increases. According to NACE, information sciences and systems graduates earn $43,053 a year, up 8.2 percent from a year earlier, while computer science graduates make $49,691 a year, up 4.8 percent...

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: engineering; highereducation; jobmarket
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
That's what my dad and mom did for me. I've been blessed well. I have my own business plus I work a "forty-hour a week" job. I hold no degree, prolly never will - it's not that I don't value education, but some of the subjects and applications are as useful in the real world as a castrated gigolo.
41 posted on 08/03/2004 6:19:40 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: kidd

You are spot regarding the flat salaries. We usually get 3% for raises


42 posted on 08/03/2004 6:20:56 AM PDT by dc27
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To: dc27

"spot on"


43 posted on 08/03/2004 6:22:11 AM PDT by dc27
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To: azhenfud
...but some of the subjects and applications are as useful in the real world as a castrated gigolo.

That's great, but did you have to go and mention John Kerry? :-)

44 posted on 08/03/2004 6:24:11 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: GenXFreedomFighter
I dunno, I keep hearing about job finding woes yet I work at a major defense contractor and we cant get enough resumes in to fill the open jobs. Its actually starting to become a bit of a crisis.

Then again, it is in New Jersey.

45 posted on 08/03/2004 6:24:19 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Fierce Allegiance; VoiceOfBruck

"EE is typically same as ME, or real darn close to it"

No, it's lumped in with computer engineering, not ME


46 posted on 08/03/2004 6:25:33 AM PDT by Flightdeck (Procrastinate later)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Unemployment is at 5.5 %


That is Just about Full Employment. (95% is considered full employment)


47 posted on 08/03/2004 6:27:06 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Hey guys! My plumber makes more than any of these college kids and my electrician does too and drives a much better car than I do. Even the neighborhood gardener is making at least $50K and I'm sure he pays no taxes on the cash payments. All this after paying for four college educations, room and board and all other costs that make me a good deal poorer. Oh well, it's only money....


48 posted on 08/03/2004 6:36:33 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
"That's great, but did you have to go and mention John Kerry? :-)"

Well, actually I had Johnny Edderds in thought - but I suppose it'd apply to Ketchup Kid too...;-)

49 posted on 08/03/2004 6:36:34 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: hobbes1

Full employment is whatever the politicians and Alan Greenspan want it to be.


50 posted on 08/03/2004 6:43:59 AM PDT by Moonman62
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To: pepsi_junkie

That's good to hear, and I hear more stories like that all the time. I just hope things get back to the way they were five to seven years ago, when manufacturers were practically throwing prostitutes through your bedroom window to get you to consider working for them.


51 posted on 08/03/2004 6:44:07 AM PDT by GenXFreedomFighter (Let's win one more for the Gipper!)
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To: Nakatu X

Our daughter was determined to get a degree in archeology. I explained to her there are few to no jobs in that field, but she went ahead and did it and then could not find a job. I told her to go into marketing, but she refused and then got a Masters in International Relations. Once again, no job. She is now doing marketing on a very low level and wonders why she spent all that time and money for no apparent bennies. I do too, but what's a dad supposed to do when they reach the age of self-determination?


52 posted on 08/03/2004 6:44:08 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: Moonman62

Economists generally consider it 95%


53 posted on 08/03/2004 6:45:53 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: mel
Yes, but with increasing taxes and restrictions on what employees can do the average income has gone down while gross has gone up. Drugs, insurance, taxes, and just about everything I use has gone up and since I am in an economically depressed area my fees cannot keep up with inflation without significantly harming the practice.
54 posted on 08/03/2004 6:52:17 AM PDT by vetvetdoug (In memory of T/Sgt. Secundino "Dean" Baldonado, Jarales, NM-KIA Bien Hoa AFB, RVN 1965)
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To: hobbes1

It's arbitrary, no matter who says it. In a perfect world full employment would be determined by the market, which no self-respecting, sprawling government would ever allow.


55 posted on 08/03/2004 6:53:16 AM PDT by Moonman62
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To: Moonman62

It's not arbitrary. That is the general figure the market arrives at when unhindered, by other factors.


The 5% is generally considered people transitioning, or market forces changing the enivronment.


56 posted on 08/03/2004 6:58:48 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Dane

Bump for the kids


57 posted on 08/03/2004 6:59:40 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: hobbes1

Are you sure it's not 4.9% or 5.1%?


58 posted on 08/03/2004 7:08:22 AM PDT by Moonman62
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To: VoiceOfBruck

Thanks, I'll have to point this link out to my son.


59 posted on 08/03/2004 7:14:55 AM PDT by Txslady
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
At the price of college versus the value received, many of these young adults should learn a trade and then have their parents give them the "education money" to go start their own business.

I agree and disagree.

Disagree: Education is more than just a financial investment, it should give one a broader perspective, and the attendant ability to enjoy more of life and be more productive.

Agree: Unfortunately, most "higher education" is just left-wing indoctrination and the people who receive it are no more interesting or useful than high school grads, even less since they're four years behind in growing up.

60 posted on 08/03/2004 9:26:22 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (optional, printed after your name on post)
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