Which college will land you the highest-paying job?
1. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Selected Business Article !
Which college will land you
the highest-paying job?
http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/12/news/economy/debt-ceiling/index.html?iid=HP_LN!
2. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
"Harvey Mudd College among the highest earning post-grad!
3. Brandon
Chivers
Summary!
• Average mid-career salary: $124,300!
• STEM (science, technology, engineering and
mathematics)!
• The more money people make, the better
they like their job.!
Professor
Klinkowstein
4. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Social Circumstance!
Social Group: people 18-25 !
Circumstance: Students applying to university/students currently
enrolled and intended major!
5. Brandon
Chivers
Ethnographic Research "
Professor
Klinkowstein
6. Brandon
Chivers
Ethnographic Research "
Professor
Klinkowstein
7. Brandon
Chivers
Ethnographic Research "
Professor
Klinkowstein
8. Brandon
Chivers
Ethnographic Research "
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Klinkowstein
9. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Ethnographic Research Observations"
• 15 people present at the fall undergraduate open house. !
• Divided into groups!
• Prospective students were talking with currently enrolled students
at Hofstra. !
• Every prospective student is with a parent!
10. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Ethnographic Research Observations"
• Boy was looking rapidly through his Hofstra admission guide!
• The girl across fidgets with her phone constantly!
• The parents are attempting to connect with one another, boasting
about their children. !
11. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Ethnographic Research Observations"
• Parents taking over most of the conversations, rather than the
student. !
• The students are dressed with clothes that may possible be
considered casual: jeans, leggings, jackets, blouses!
12. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Ethnographic Research Findings"
SARA FOX:!
What is the major component in choosing a college?!
• Location, location, location!
What was your first choice? Why? !
• New York University: They had a great business program. !
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !
• Entrepreneurship because you want to open a business for save the world. I want to make a
world a better place. !
13. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Ethnographic Research Findings"
DIANA PEDRA:!
What is the major component in choosing a college?!
• I wanted a nice campus and a small class size!
What was your first choice? Why? !
• Providence college: campus size prestigious !
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !
• Undecided—I don’t really, now a career that is a perfect fit. Just love the criminal justice
system; it’s something that’s possible forever. !
14. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Ethnographic Research Findings"
CONNER MILFRED:!
What is the major component in choosing a college?!
• Study abroad programs, and a business school.!
What was your first choice? Why? !
• Columbia: Because it had all my requirements for a school. !
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !
• Business management because honestly, I just want to have money in the future. !
15. Brandon
Chivers
Professor
Klinkowstein
Ethnographic Research Findings"
BILLY COHEN:!
What is the major component in choosing a college?!
• My father actually wanted me to go to a business school. !
What was your first choice? Why? !
• Boston University, my family has gone there. !
What major and why? Is it money or aspirations? !
• International business because my father wanted me to go into a similar career. It was
mainly my dad’s wish/aspirations. !
