Comments on: Best College Degree Salaries for 2006 Graduates

By: jim

jim — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:18:58 +0000

Well, we’re talking increases from last year and not highest salaries… hospitality services mgmt degrees earn less than $35k a year. If you consider that travel fell after 2001 and only recently have they recovered (someone just announced that airline seat sales just reached pre-2001 levels), it makes sense that hospitality services management graduates are finding the market better than past year.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:33:38 +0000

A little surprising to see hospitality services management at the top of the list. I am not surprised to see chemical engineering high up there. I was just talking a couple of days ago with someone who mentioned how good the job market was in petroleum engineering was right now.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:13:38 +0000

actually I would think these are REAL increases in purchasing power considering a lot of graduates are getting bonuses, relocation packages, and other nice sign-on bonuses that are not factored in with regular salaries. The job market for college grads is very strong right now and that is making employers have to compete and give lots of goodies .

By: jim

jim — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:02:53 +0000

Reading is over-rated anyway… that’s why pictures are worth so much.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:43:25 +0000

Hahah. See, I have this problem were i don’t read things in their entirety.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:14:51 +0000

Inflation for the last 12 months was 4.2%, so if you received a raise of under 4.2% you in fact lost purchasing power over last year.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:40:53 +0000

Uh, why do some of the “decreases” in fact show gains?