Research you can use...
Outcomes for liberal arts and science college graduates may not be so bad according to a new NACE report on their post graduation outcomes. Its findings raise questions about blanket recommendation of STEM careers – biological sciences are the worst performers in student outcomes. I have to admit being a little surprised by that.
In advising students about promising careers and majors you may want to take some of these report highlights into account:
- Many liberal arts and sciences grads choose to go to graduate school, which throws off pot-graduation salaries and employment stats. This is also an issue with data on the new government College Scorecard website. Grads don't necessarily seek advance degrees because they cannot find good jobs – some starting salaries in physical sciences are comparable to those offered to professional degree holders (engineering, finance, etc.).
- Best performing majors: urban studies, meteorology, physical sciences, sustainability studies, social sciences, legal studies, cognitive science and biomathematics.
- Poorest performing majors: Slavic languages, ethnic/gender studies, zoology, ecology, physiology, neuroscience, cell biology, and creative writing.
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