Market Growth, Pay-Rate, Salary Survey
At firs I was really sure about going to grad school. Then I was at a point where I wasn't sure because no one was hiring and I am getting in the field of technology and business. Then it starts to look OK out there. Basically I though that technology is the way to go because it is forever changing and getting into different fields. I originally was in Architecture (and hope to go back) and even with my future masters degree in business administration would make me a better entry level drafter and manager (better yet project manager).
So in the end I am following the right path. Plus I like it allot and with what I am learning I can also open my own business or be a consultant. In fact during times of hardship I can have a side business keeping me afloat or if I loose my job that business can help me earn some kind of money during hard times. That is the best part. I will not have the likelihood of living the way I live now again because I have multiple options at my disposal.
With this and other abilities, I will hopefully never experience what I have gone through again. The jobs I had during the last few years (one as a messenger and the other as a security officer) were pretty bad and have effected my health and sadly my progress in education. Well anyway, here is the news story link and article below.
SOURCE: CNN Money
Most lucrative college degrees
So, you've graduated. Mom and dad are proud, now it's time to start earning your keep.
July 27, 2004: 10:57 AM EDT
By Deshundra Jefferson, CNN/Money staff writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - You've worked hard to earn that degree. Now it's time get it a job.
Thankfully, the class of 2004 has been faring well. After a two year decline, hiring of those grads is up 11.2 percent, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Mom and Dad will also be happy to hear preliminary data indicates starting salaries for college graduates are rising, enabling you to help pay off all that student loan debt.
"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.
If those numbers sound enticing it's probably because computer science graduates are long over due for a pay increase.
"They have been hit so hard from 2000, on that they are starting to make a comeback," said Koncz.
Business majors are also doing well. Accounting and economics graduates...
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