Liberal Arts Colleges For Those Seeking Generous Salaries

Wallet Pop:

Whether your dream is to study philosophy or medicine, there are several liberal arts colleges where students have gone from Aristotle or lab research to some of the highest salaries in the U.S.

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Comments

[hagenjr]

09:58 PM on 02/11/2011

Thats funny cause my friends with a liberal arts degree are all looking for a job.

I was always told a liberal arts degree is kinda bogus.

[thebearschick]

07:38 AM on 02/11/2011

these and nice and all but every single one of them will set you back $130,000 if you do four years there.

[thebearschick]

07:38 AM on 02/11/2011

these *are*

[bannorhill]

05:42 PM on 02/11/2011

Two of my children have attended one of these schools. After financial aid the cost was nowhere near $130,000. Nowhere near.

[petter10]

02:14 AM on 02/11/2011

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[petter10]

02:13 AM on 02/11/2011

I think if you have some high qualification degree then No one stop you to get good earning.

[Geffel]

02:09 AM on 02/11/2011

Now can we see the survery of salaries of people who go to religious faux universities..? That's got to be worth a laugh or two.

[thebearschick]

07:37 AM on 02/11/2011

what is a religious faux university? Notre Dame? Baylor?

[Raccoon1]

06:31 PM on 02/13/2011

Liberty University, founded by Rev. Falwell. A fourth tier University, yet GWB saw fit to hire about one-hundred graduates for his administration to serve as 'minders' to watch over and report on various bureau's and departments within the Federal Government. I suspect this was an exchange for 'the religious vote' within Falwell's ministry.

[demilieu]

02:34 PM on 02/12/2011

You might be surprised how well off some of their alums who also have companies that hire are. Religion is a big motivator for many people.

[Timma]

10:51 PM on 02/13/2011

Don't put it on your CV.

[1donewrong]

06:33 PM on 02/10/2011

they may attend liberal arts colleges but not liberal arts majors. Folks with degrees in sociology, psychology, art history men and black studies seldom make more than minimum wage

[Geffel]

02:07 AM on 02/11/2011

Garbage.

[bannorhill]

05:46 PM on 02/11/2011

One of my children has a psychology degree and earns way more than minimum wage.

[SF TKF]

06:08 PM on 02/10/2011

Sounds about right to me. It certainly aligns with my education (BA, philosophy, Hollins College) and my current earnings (low six figures, 15 years in).

[April22]

05:30 PM on 02/10/2011

I beg to differ with their list of colleges. Colleges such as Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire and others never made the grade. I find that hard to believe.

[rikster]

04:50 PM on 02/10/2011

high salaries..you mean overseas...

[usna73]

04:36 PM on 02/10/2011

Very misleading and poorly constructed data. While it meets the arbitrary standard as a "liberal arts" college, Harvey Mudd produces a vast number of BS degrees in math and physics. It has an excellent student body. But, the story implies something altogether different.

This bears similarity to the categorization of The Naval Academy as a "liberal arts" institution, when in fact every single grad is conferred with a B.S, regardless of major.

[Brainstormy]

07:15 PM on 02/10/2011

The Naval Academy? Now, that's funny. How many of its graduates do you imagine can actually read and write? And the BS is perfect!

[bannorhill]

05:48 PM on 02/11/2011

How many graduates can read and write?

Every one.

[Cowboylove]

04:08 PM on 02/10/2011

Another bogus survey, based on those responding and taking their answers as fact. First the limited number of graduates who respond to these surveys are the ones who have exceedingly done well. Secondly, with no fact checking, how well they are doing may just be made up.

Facts are hard little things to ignore. A liberal arts degree generally will get you a job at your father's company or a sales associate position at GAP.

[Brainstormy]

07:17 PM on 02/10/2011

Unless the "limited number of graduates who respond to these surveys" lie thru their teeth.

[taikan]

12:58 PM on 02/10/2011

There is much to be said for the overall, lifelong value of a good liberal arts education. However, that does not mean that a good liberal arts education necessarily will have significant monetary value.

As for the point of the article, there are too many factors not mentioned in the article to enable one to determine whether the education received at any of the listed universities, as opposed to other factors such as pre-existing contacts/relationships and contacts/relationships established at the university, is the most significant factor responsible for the post-education earnings of their graduates.

[disgustedwithall]

12:13 PM on 02/10/2011

These are simply mills where you get good contacts and oh yea by the way, a degree.

[javajava]

12:16 PM on 02/10/2011

Yeah...education. such a waste of effort. Better to just get a GED and be done with it.

[traceymarie]

01:27 PM on 02/10/2011

lol,F&F

[Adam Story]

04:16 PM on 02/10/2011

1037!

[Brainstormy]

07:12 PM on 02/10/2011

Mills? for good contacts? You think that those who major in English, or Philosophy, the fine arts, or any of the traditional "liberal arts" areas are in it for the contacts? Please. What we're dealing with here is an altogether different value system. Shock, I know, but not everyone equates a big salary with life satisfaction or meaningful work. The liberal arts major who attends a liberal arts college to get rich is a mixed-up bird.
BTW, I earn my living by ghostwriting (I was an English major) for fat-cat CEOS who can't construct sentences. They've got their schtick. I've got mine. They make more money. And I have my moments of resentment and envy. But generally speaking, I feel sorry for them, and wouldn't trade my education, my "liberal" range of interests and the ability to read, write, and think, for all they've got. Different strokes for different folks.

[steppenwolfsayshi]

10:00 PM on 02/13/2011

Lol. It's pretty crazy. Poor business management has made people forget that liberal majors perform all sorts of necessary functions: human resources, consulting, marketing, administrative support, finance, and business management (yeah, a real paradox that last one!).
I worked as a technical writer in college editing scientific articles for publication. I hear people complaining now how they can't find any young scientists capable of writing a science article and so they don't hire anyone. Boo-hoo! Hire a freakin' liberal arts major to be your technical writer! Half of the new PhDs speak English as a second language. Don't they teach the division of labor in business school?
Please excuse rant. But obvious truths should be pointed out.