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 Posted: 08/18/03 - 06:29 Post subject: what is that college degree worth
Looks like RLAG is tops around here...
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kattzoo
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 06:55 Post subject:
And they said I'd never get rich with that Criminal Justice degree! 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 07:21 Post subject:
How did psychology end up so low on the list?
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TriBob
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 08:00 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | How did psychology end up so low on the list? |
Just spill your guts online, its much cheaper. Now tell me about your mother.
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RunsLikeAGirl
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 09:03 Post subject:
HAHA!!! 
Starting salary is that WHERE? And how do I work there?
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thegman
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 09:34 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | How did psychology end up so low on the list? |
It's crazy, isn't it?
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RunTexas
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 09:51 Post subject:
(I hope this doesn't sound arrogant) But, in respect to the question......neither my wife or myself finished college. And in comparison with that chart......we have been blessed tremendously. Neither my dad or father-in-law went to college, both can be described as wealthy. I just don't hold much reverence in a piece of paper. Actually what I despised most about college was the faculty. Most were liberal hacks.
Now having said that.....my daughter WILL go to an ivy league school. 
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genie
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 10:03 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | How did psychology end up so low on the list? |
Don't EVEN get me started on that topic!! 
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 10:44 Post subject:
Sitting number three is fine with me!!! 
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blue
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 11:10 Post subject:
yeah, but who wants the starting average anyways?
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brie k
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 11:13 Post subject:
| RunTexas wrote: | | (I hope this doesn't sound arrogant) But, in respect to the question......neither my wife or myself finished college. And in comparison with that chart......we have been blessed tremendously. |
ditto that. My husband is making more than any of those starting salaries, BUT the downside is that he's been in the hospitality industry since high school, and it has taken him many many years to get to the point we are now. I do think that him not having the degree may have hurt him in moving up sooner, BUT I think taking all this time to learn what he needed to do (which is not taught in college, the people skills and such) has made him a much stronger manager.
Our kids won't likely attend an ivy league college, but they will attend college, regardless what they decide to do in life.
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RunsLikeAGirl
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 11:15 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | | yeah, but who wants the starting average anyways? |
Me!
I think this is misleading - it would be a more accurate account if the chart was of the median rather than the average. All it takes is a few high-paying jobs to skew that number. I could see that being a starting salary for a PHD ChemE, possibly even an MS, but not just a BS.
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blue
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 13:39 Post subject:
| RunsLikeAGirl wrote: | | blue wrote: | | yeah, but who wants the starting average anyways? |
Me!
I think this is misleading - it would be a more accurate account if the chart was of the median rather than the average. All it takes is a few high-paying jobs to skew that number. I could see that being a starting salary for a PHD ChemE, possibly even an MS, but not just a BS. |
yay for math! the median is the most frequently occuring number if i recall correctly.
so far my diploma has set me back 2G's...
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RunsLikeAGirl
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 13:42 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | | RunsLikeAGirl wrote: | | blue wrote: | | yeah, but who wants the starting average anyways? |
Me!
I think this is misleading - it would be a more accurate account if the chart was of the median rather than the average. All it takes is a few high-paying jobs to skew that number. I could see that being a starting salary for a PHD ChemE, possibly even an MS, but not just a BS. |
yay for math! the median is the most frequently occuring number if i recall correctly.
so far my diploma has set me back 2G's... |
actually the median is the value in the exact middle of the data...
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blue
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Posted: 08/18/03 - 14:04 Post subject:
| RunsLikeAGirl wrote: | | blue wrote: | | RunsLikeAGirl wrote: | | blue wrote: | | yeah, but who wants the starting average anyways? |
Me!
I think this is misleading - it would be a more accurate account if the chart was of the median rather than the average. All it takes is a few high-paying jobs to skew that number. I could see that being a starting salary for a PHD ChemE, possibly even an MS, but not just a BS. |
yay for math! the median is the most frequently occuring number if i recall correctly.
so far my diploma has set me back 2G's... |
actually the median is the value in the exact middle of the data... |
*shrugs* lol it's been a year since i've dealth with "those" words.  but wouldn't it make more sense to list the number that most people got paid?
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