Reposted by Keir Semmens
Possible assignment for students: 1) Statistics: How many possible confounding variables can you identify that might be skewing this data?
2) Philosophy: What are some ethical problems with evaluating the success of higher education programs in terms of the salaries of their graduates after 4 years?
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A College-by-College Guide to Which Majors Pay Off — or Don’t
College is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. We built a tool to compare earnings of nearly every major at nearly every school in the country.