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Liberal Arts Colleges For Those Seeking Generous Salaries

First Posted: 02/10/11 09:45 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:30 PM ET

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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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hagenjr
Shovel ready freeborn son of the Republic
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.
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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.
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thebearschick
07:38 AM on 02/11/2011
these *are*
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.
02:14 AM on 02/11/2011
great post منتديات كرة
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.
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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.
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thebearschick
07:37 AM on 02/11/2011
what is a religious faux university? Notre Dame? Baylor?
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Raccoon1
These are the times that try men's souls........
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.
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demilieu
Texas liberal...with reservations
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.
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Timma
...paulatim crescam...
10:51 PM on 02/13/2011
Don't put it on your CV.
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
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02:07 AM on 02/11/2011
Garbage.
05:46 PM on 02/11/2011
One of my children has a psychology degree and earns way more than minimum wage.
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SF TKF
Cthulhu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
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
Some experiences in life are ineffable
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.
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rikster
buy the ticket-take the ride
04:50 PM on 02/10/2011
high salaries..you mean overseas...
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usna73
We are all in this together
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.
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Brainstormy
Still waiting for the trickle-down.
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!
05:48 PM on 02/11/2011
How many graduates can read and write?

Every one.
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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.
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Brainstormy
Still waiting for the trickle-down.
07:17 PM on 02/10/2011
Unless the "limited number of graduates who respond to these surveys" lie thru their teeth.
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.
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12:13 PM on 02/10/2011
These are simply mills where you get good contacts and oh yea by the way, a degree.
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javajava
Pastafarian Liberal Progressive Socialist Hippie
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
Independent to Dem in 2007
01:27 PM on 02/10/2011
lol,F&F
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Adam Story
Engineer
04:16 PM on 02/10/2011
1037!
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Brainstormy
Still waiting for the trickle-down.
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.
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.