What's Your STEM Degree Worth? 148
Jim_Austin writes A recent study by economist Douglas Webber calculates the lifetime earnings premium of college degrees in various broad areas, accounting for selection bias--that is, for the fact that people who already are likely to do well are also more likely to go to college. These premiums are not small. Science Careers got exclusive access to major-specific data, and published an article that tells how much more you can expect to earn because you got that college degree--for engineering, physics, computer science, chemistry, and biology majors.
Re:Not the data I was looking for... (Score:5, Funny)
>> a job at the king does not need an 50-100K+ loan to get in.
Starbucks does