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Highest-paying college majors, 5 years after graduation

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Re: Highest-paying college majors, 5 years after graduation

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These numbers alone are of marginal utility.

They're missing std deviation and seniority level brackets.

CS probably the most individual contributor upward mobility as IC/L6+ can reach megabuck(s) per year TC.

Also not mentioned is the majors most likely to get MBAs and therefore more mobile.

Re: Highest-paying college majors, 5 years after graduation

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These data are often so unrelatable. Would love to see it filtered for top 50 schools and kids with 3.0+ GPA (or some other reasonable measure of aptitude + ambition)

GPA likely tracks to aptitude + ambition, but attending a "top 50 school" is mostly a function of who their parents were.

Re: Highest-paying college majors, 5 years after graduation

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post #2

These data are often so unrelatable. Would love to see it filtered for top 50 schools and kids with 3.0+ GPA (or some other reasonable measure of aptitude + ambition)

GPA likely tracks to aptitude + ambition, but attending a "top 50 school" is mostly a function of who their parents were.

Ambition tracks to who your parents are
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