Comment Re:Good luck to new graduates! (Score 1) 818
I graduated last year in December, and there were numbers similar to this at the time. There is definitely some bias going on here.
Let me put it this way, if I get a job with my Comp Sci degree at 53k/year, I'll gladly tell my school, and, of course, they'll gladly share it. But what happens when I find that there are no jobs out there and end up taking one at 26k. I already know the average and that I'm far below it. Not only that, but the school doesn't want my data since it doesn't help them encourage people to enter that major.
So, kiddies, in summary, I question the data and suspect that we're only seeing the average of those graduates that chose to report their salary (to say nothing about those who never found a job...if you don't have a job, you can't report back...).
Let me put it this way, if I get a job with my Comp Sci degree at 53k/year, I'll gladly tell my school, and, of course, they'll gladly share it. But what happens when I find that there are no jobs out there and end up taking one at 26k. I already know the average and that I'm far below it. Not only that, but the school doesn't want my data since it doesn't help them encourage people to enter that major.
So, kiddies, in summary, I question the data and suspect that we're only seeing the average of those graduates that chose to report their salary (to say nothing about those who never found a job...if you don't have a job, you can't report back...).
