If you have a bachelor's degree will you please answer this?

Question

I know, I know, I've asked this before, but the responses were pretty few. So I'm asking again. If you have a Bachelor's degree tell me about it. What is it for? Where did you go to college? What are you doing now? And what is your salary? Thanks.

Answer 1

I received my Bachelors degree in Computer Science from a low cost state college (Fitchburg State College). Immediately after graduation I had companies fighting over me to sign with them. I'm right now making $52K/year salary ($24.50/hr) and get paid overtime. I have 4 weeks paid vacation, 401K matching, stock options, and incredible health benefits.
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The company that hired me trained me for a month. I use very little of what I learned in school on the job. The degree is to show companies that you are competent and can achieve a goal. A high school diploma today is a joke and therefore you are required to prove yourself with 3 - 4 years of optional higher education.
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A bachelors degree is also a huge personal achievement. To go to school for another four years after high school instead of going to work and making what at the time seems like a lot of money shows ambition.

Answer 2

surveying people like this is not going to get you anywhere.

I have a liberal arts degree from a small woman's college, and I also have a masters degree from a small university. I earn in the high 5 figures.

What you will find is that it's all over the place. What you are leaving out are things that college doesn't teach, such as ambition, committment to excellency and understanding personal goals.

Those things are just there.

College isn't to train you for a job. College is to train you to think and to be the best you can be as a whole. You don't just get a, and then be entitled to b. It doesn't work that way at all.

College is about learning things within your areas of interests and outside of it. You also form bonds with people who are going through similiar experiences. All of this is supposed to grow you into someone who makes discoveries about yourself and the world and your potential role within it.

The question is what do YOU want.

If you really want to look at salary surveys, there are career sites that can provide you with more objective and reliable information.

Your survey methods and the potential feedback are not going to help you.

Answer 3

My degree is a Bachelors of Science in Technical Management with a Minor in Project Manangement. This degree ranges in pay depending on the company that's hiring. The ranges are from 60K a year to over 110K, again, depending on the company. You have to ask yourself what you want to do and accomplish before you just blinding aim for a degree. Medical and Technical are going to be the highest paying because of demand and not many are capable of obtaining them. So, decide what you want to do and then figure out the requirements.

Answer 4

You're asking the wrong questions. First figure out what you want to do. Then find out what kind and how much education you need to do that. Some very rewarding and well paying occupations do not require a degree. Since you will spend most of your day either asleep or at work, you should do all you can to find an occupation that you like.
I received my BA at San José State U. and my MA at University of San Francisco.