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Originally Posted by bandycpa
nmap,
3) Unrealistic expectations from graduates upon entering the workforce. When I graduated with my B.S. in Accountancy, the median nationwide salary was $40,000. My actual starting salary was much less than that. It improved as I rose through the ranks, and I was fortunate enough to branch out on my own. But, I expected a high salary right out of the gate, and didn't pay attention to what the market bore in my area. I believe a lot of other graduates do the same thing.
Bandy
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I agree with this. But it also depends what kind of company you work for as well. There is a difference between a professional degree and a normal degree ie history, english, political science and such. If you have an engineering degree, construction management degree or accounting, you will make more than someone who graduated with a history degree, ie myself.
I have a buddy who graduted with a construction management degree a semester before me, I graduated with history. He is making twice as much as me. Why? I think its the field of work he is in and what he does. Me, its the company I chose to work for, they start everyone off at the bottom and you work your way up. In the field I work in you have to start off at the bottom in order to understand everything and to be successful.
College is getting expensive, almost ridiculous. My wife went to hair school, $10k it cost her, my degree cost $30k. She does very well. I do not think a degree is worth what it is right when you graduate, but 5 to 10 years down the road, yes, it is worth it.
I am an avid believer of higher education and that it will bring you greater opportunities throughout your life, but alot of it has to do with yourself as well. Its how I was brought up and its what I believe.