I will warn you that this topic has been discussed repeatedly on TSR for years and very, very rarely ends up with a constructive thread. Good luck.
Well if you plan on basing this on any actual data rather than just personal suppositions (absurd notion I know), studies have already found that STEM and non-STEM graduates have equivalent long term career outcomes: https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/report/The_employment_trajectories_of_Science_Technology_Engineering_and_Mathematics_graduates/10234421
Also worth noting in a number of areas it's entirely possible lower average graduate salaries are a result of self selection into roles that don't pay as much, because those individuals are motivated by the job itself and not the money - a lot of arts and heritage sector roles, along with a number of roles in e.g. zoos and aquariums, are well known to have a "passion tax" where the relative pay is lower than it ought to be because they know people just really want to work in those jobs and will accept a lower paycheque in order to do so.
I suspect you'd also find this in e.g. academia, teaching, and healthcare roles potentially.
Also worth noting in a number of areas it's entirely possible lower average graduate salaries are a result of self selection into roles that don't pay as much, because those individuals are motivated by the job itself and not the money - a lot of arts and heritage sector roles, along with a number of roles in e.g. zoos and aquariums, are well known to have a "passion tax" where the relative pay is lower than it ought to be because they know people just really want to work in those jobs and will accept a lower paycheque in order to do so.
I suspect you'd also find this in e.g. academia, teaching, and healthcare roles potentially.
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Original post by ashfak.
Make an undergraduate degree tier list based on both employability and lifetime earning.
Tier should be:
Tier S
Tier A
Tier B
Tier C
Tier "don't even bother going to uni"
Tier should be:
Tier S
Tier A
Tier B
Tier C
Tier "don't even bother going to uni"
Tier S: the university you like best
Tier A: other universities that you like
Tier B: the rest
Tier “don’t even bother going to uni”: private providers (particularly those that offer “business” courses) aside from Bucks, ULaw for postgraduate/mature study and a couple of small specialist providers. International foundation years (all of them, even the ones offered by “good” universities). Anywhere pushed heavily by an agent. A course or university chosen to satisfy parents/peers or because of some weird idea about prestige even though you think you’ll hate the subject or the place.
Original post by PQ
Tier S: the university you like best
Tier A: other universities that you like
Tier B: the rest
Tier “don’t even bother going to uni”: private providers (particularly those that offer “business” courses) aside from Bucks, ULaw for postgraduate/mature study and a couple of small specialist providers. International foundation years (all of them, even the ones offered by “good” universities). Anywhere pushed heavily by an agent. A course or university chosen to satisfy parents/peers or because of some weird idea about prestige even though you think you’ll hate the subject or the place.
Tier A: other universities that you like
Tier B: the rest
Tier “don’t even bother going to uni”: private providers (particularly those that offer “business” courses) aside from Bucks, ULaw for postgraduate/mature study and a couple of small specialist providers. International foundation years (all of them, even the ones offered by “good” universities). Anywhere pushed heavily by an agent. A course or university chosen to satisfy parents/peers or because of some weird idea about prestige even though you think you’ll hate the subject or the place.
Wasn't asking to rank universities, but undergraduate degree.
Original post by ashfak.
Wasn't asking to rank universities, but undergraduate degree.
Probably clearer to edit your thread title and put "subject" in there, otherwise people will assume you mean where you obtain the degree from.
All of PQ's reply remains valid if you exchange "university" for "subject"
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