The government should require that colleges track and post details about their grads. What percentage are able to sustain careers related to their degree and how much do both groups (in and out of the field) earn?
I really think transparency here might help restrain future tuition increases because only so many students are going to sign up for a six figure a year school where the grads earn half that amount.
> What percentage are able to sustain careers related to their degree
What does “related to their degree” mean? My degree is in English (Creative Non-Fiction) and I think, read, write, give/receive direct criticism, and finish things on a deadline every day — all key components of my degree program.
I’m in a leadership role at a marketing agency.
If you say that’s not related to my degree program, then I’d say that’s neither good nor bad. I graduated 20 years ago. How many people’s interests and abilities are the same at 45 as they were at 25?
It’s just useful information to prospective students. I went to music conservatories and I have at least four classmates who (like me) are software engineers. Others are lawyers or doctors and plenty teach music. Only a small handful of students at the elite conservatories really do the thing they went there for, whether that be playing in one or the major symphonies or touring as a jazz musician.
When tuition + room and board nears six figures I think young people and their parents should have easier access to the average salaries of grads and what careers they really end up in.
My code bootcamp from 10 years ago had way more transparency around this than colleges do.
I really think transparency here might help restrain future tuition increases because only so many students are going to sign up for a six figure a year school where the grads earn half that amount.