STEM vs non-STEM salaries

Not sure where the data was from since I can’t find it on the Discover Uni website, but STEM graduates do earn more by about 20% according to every other place I could find with info on the subject.

While I would suggest studying a STEM degree based on the information available as they can help you get in the door easier progression depends much more on the person. You have to be ruthless, know what youre doing and know how to play the game to get anywhere in the salary department.

Studies on salary alone often disregard unemployed graduates.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pstorage-leicester-213265548798/18467912/TheemploymenttrajectoriesofSTEMgraduatesFINALREPORTLRAVERSION.pdf Is a comprehensive study of STEM graduate employment and blows away the vast majority of assumptions that schools and the government make about STEM study

The thing you linked was a deece read. I didn’t look into the salary thing deeper after my initial search for articles but the paper you linked does seem to confirm that STEMgrads have a slightly easier time getting graduate level positions "there is some evidence of a ‘slower start’ among non-STEM graduates in terms of securing graduate-level jobs" with the percentages at 87% and 82% respectively which sounds about right to me. So, I think what I recommend in my other comment still stands, do STEM degree get a job slightly easier and then it becomes all about the person to decide who makes the most money not the degree.

All STEM is not equal. The paper shows business and social science grads have better outcomes than biological science grads. And every subject (every single one) has lower unemployment rates than computer science.