01-08-2012, 01:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-08-2012, 01:10 AM by burbuja0512.)
I saw this article about how unemployment rates and earnings differ depending on your degree and found it very interesting:
http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi....Final.pdf
My comments:
-Any degree is better than no degree, but of course we all knew that "having a degree" isn't all that you need to get a great job. It's only one piece of the puzzle and especially depends on your major.
-Since many testing-only degrees don't fare well on the earnings chart, make sure to combine your degree with either experience or a masters, preferably both for maximum job-seeking ability
-Graduate degrees make more money and have lower unemployment. Use the advantage that testing gives you not to "be done with school quickly," but to get the BS out of the way so you can have more time for a masters, which will give you more for your time and money. Do consider grad school even if you've never had it in mind. (I sure never thought I would do it!) With the 9 months that I spent on my undergrad thanks to CLEP/DSST/SL/ECE, even though I chose a full 2 year MBA program, I will be done quicker and with less money spent than if I had only done my undergrad in a traditional manner. An online undergrad with no testing would have taken me around 6 years with my schedule. I'll be done with my BS + MBA in less than three total at a fraction of the cost. No my MBA isn't cheap, but since I spent less than 6k on my BS, I wasn't in debt so can spend a little more.
-One last totally random thought...I'm surprised business majors did so well. I keep seeing articles about business being a well-paid field and I have a theory about why: I believe that many adults who already have a decent job but no degree go back to school for business. It's a good general degree that suits many career paths within a company that they might be working for. I don't think it's very useful fresh out of college unless you work really hard on getting experience to complement it. (think internships or volunteer experience)
...just some thoughts.
http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi....Final.pdf
My comments:
-Any degree is better than no degree, but of course we all knew that "having a degree" isn't all that you need to get a great job. It's only one piece of the puzzle and especially depends on your major.
-Since many testing-only degrees don't fare well on the earnings chart, make sure to combine your degree with either experience or a masters, preferably both for maximum job-seeking ability
-Graduate degrees make more money and have lower unemployment. Use the advantage that testing gives you not to "be done with school quickly," but to get the BS out of the way so you can have more time for a masters, which will give you more for your time and money. Do consider grad school even if you've never had it in mind. (I sure never thought I would do it!) With the 9 months that I spent on my undergrad thanks to CLEP/DSST/SL/ECE, even though I chose a full 2 year MBA program, I will be done quicker and with less money spent than if I had only done my undergrad in a traditional manner. An online undergrad with no testing would have taken me around 6 years with my schedule. I'll be done with my BS + MBA in less than three total at a fraction of the cost. No my MBA isn't cheap, but since I spent less than 6k on my BS, I wasn't in debt so can spend a little more.
-One last totally random thought...I'm surprised business majors did so well. I keep seeing articles about business being a well-paid field and I have a theory about why: I believe that many adults who already have a decent job but no degree go back to school for business. It's a good general degree that suits many career paths within a company that they might be working for. I don't think it's very useful fresh out of college unless you work really hard on getting experience to complement it. (think internships or volunteer experience)
...just some thoughts.
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ISSA Certified Nutritionist
COSC BS, Business Admin
My BS Credits:
Spanish 80 | Humanities 67 | A & I Lit 72 | Sub Abuse 452 | Bus Ethics 445 | Tech Writ 62 | Math 53 | HTYH 454 | Am. Govt 65 | Env & Humanity 64 | Marketing 65 | Micro 61| Mgmt 63| Org Behavior 65| MIS 446|Computing 432 | BL II 61 | M&B 50 | Finance 411 | Supervision 437| Intro Bus. 439| Law Enforcement 63| SL: Accounting I B | Accounting II C+| Macro A | ECE: Labor Relations A | Capstone: A| FEMA PDS Cert
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