US Higher Education Advisory Group, Four-Year Average Wage Survey
Moon and 52 million won… OR major: 148 million won
A survey of American university graduates’ annual salaries by major showed that there was a nearly double difference between the salaries of liberal arts and science majors. Among the science departments, the highest annual salary was ‘OR (Opreation Research),’ and it reached three times the annual salary of the liberal arts department.
According to Fox Business on the 29th (local time), the US Higher Education Advisory Group compared the average wages four years after graduation with Department of Education data of students with an undergraduate degree, and found this result.
According to the research report, even within the United States, the difference in average annual income between departments and departments has widened significantly.
Graduates of the top 10 most popular bachelor’s majors in the liberal arts department earned an average of more than 40,000 dollars (approximately 52.8 million won) a year. Of these, business, nursing, and accounting majors recorded an annual income of more than $50,000. Psychology, media communications, and health earn similarly to average earnings, with education-related majors earning the lowest salaries.
On average, the highest-paying bachelor’s degrees were concentrated in STEM and science majors, which are science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The major with the highest average annual salary was OR (Opreation Research), with majors earning an average of $112,097 (approximately 148 million won). OR is a discipline that comprehensively utilizes mathematical modeling, statistics, and computer science. It is a discipline that is used in various fields such as production process optimization, business strategy establishment, and investment, but it is currently a rare major in Korea.
It was followed by marine engineering majors (average $109,121, about 144 million won), followed by computer science graduates, a major popular among students in Korea, with the third highest average annual income of $105,000 (about 100 million won). 38.6 million). Marine transportation (average $104,799, about 138.2 million won) followed closely behind computer science majors, and computer science earned an average annual income of $99,063 (about 130.8 million won).
“We hope our data will continue to help those considering college,” Michael Itskowitz, founder of the Higher Education Advisory Group, who served as a Department of Education official during the Obama administration, tweeted. “It’s important that students leave knowing that wherever they apply and whatever major they choose to pursue, they will be worth it,” he added.
Source: Donga
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