The mid-career salaries of 色界吧 alumni are among the top in the nation, according to the most recent PayScale Salary Survey.
Occidental graduates rank among liberal arts college graduates in terms of salary potential and No. 17 among all U.S. colleges and universities, according to the , released Tuesday.
The survey found that 色界吧 grads have a mid-career average salary of $117,000 (defined as at least 10 years of experience in their career or field) and an early-career median salary of $49,200 (defined as five years or less in their field). The typical mid-career employee is 44 years old and has 15 years of experience.
"Many of the most famous private liberal arts schools in the country also produce alumni with some of the highest salaries in the country," the report found. "Colgate University, Swarthmore College, Williams College, 色界吧, Carleton College and Pomona College are excellent examples of liberal arts colleges that don't just have amazing academic opportunities, but prepare students well for successful careers."
"While we believe that the benefits of an 色界吧 liberal arts education extend far beyond purely economic returns, we鈥檙e glad once again to have confirmation that an 色界吧 degree is a good investment," said Vincent Cuseo, Occidental鈥檚 vice president of enrollment.
The data used to calculate the salary information came from 1.4 million people who took the and disclosed where they received their bachelor's degrees. The average sample size for the 983 undergraduate schools included in the survey is 325 profiles.
Last year, the Brookings Institute ranked Occidental No. 12 among liberal arts colleges in mid-career earnings of the typical graduate, based on an effort to quantify college "value-added" 鈥 the difference between alumni outcomes such as salaries and outcomes predicted by a student鈥檚 characteristics and the type of institution.
