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Que lle pasou á xente que rematou

Cada cifra salarial neste sitio describe a xente que está a traballar. Esta páxina describe a que non o está. Catro anos despois de rematar unha cualificación nos EUA, algunha parte de cada cohorte de graduados non ten ingresos rexistrados en ningún lugar - sen salarios, sen ingresos por traballo autónomo. O goberno federal mídeo e publicao unha universidade á vez. Le entre os programas, é o máis próximo que hai a unha taxa de fracaso para unha cualificación.

15.4%

A peor puntuación publicada aquí, no programa: Cosmetology and personal grooming, undergraduate certificate or diploma.

1.0%

A mellor taxa publicada aquí: Rehabilitation and therapy, doctoral degree.

53,488

Persoas de todos os programas de abaixo que remataron, deixaron de estudar e non tiveron ingresos rexistrados catro anos despois. As cohortes aquí suman 1,015,000.

"Non traballar" non é o mesmo que "desempregado", e a diferenza non é unha cuestión técnica

A medida é a ausencia de calquera rexistro de ingresos para todo o ano - sen salarios nun W- 2, sen ingresos positivos de traballo autónomo nunha declaración de impostos. A ninguén nestes datos se lle preguntou se quería un traballo. Polo tanto, o conteo contén persoas que escolleron non traballar: criar fillos, coidar dun parente, viaxar, estudar algo que non é un título, vivir cos ingresos dun compañeiro ou mudarse ao estranxeiro. Tamén contén a todos os que querían traballo e non o puideron conseguir. Os dous non están separados en ningún lugar, por ninguén, e non adiviñaremos a división. O que esta cifra establece é cantas persoas completaron unha cualificación e, catro anos despois, non gañaban nada dela ou de calquera outra cousa - que é a cuestión sobre a que a cifra de salario mediano non di nada.

Quen conta e quen non

Só a xente que recibiu axuda federal. A cohorte está construída a partir do sistema federal de préstamos e bolsas para estudantes, polo que os que remataron os estudos e pagaron por conta propia están ausentes. Iso é aproximadamente a metade dos estudantes universitarios dos EUA. Se a metade que falta é mellor ou peor non se publica, e é a única cousa máis grande que non sabemos sobre estas cifras.

A xente que aínda estuda non está en ningunha das columnas. Alguén que rematou unha licenciatura e foi directamente a un mestrado está excluído tanto da conta de traballadores como da conta de non traballadores, o que é certo: non fallou en atopar traballo, non o buscou. Isto tamén significa que a taxa é unha porcentaxe da xente que realmente deixou a educación, non unha porcentaxe de todos os que se graduaron.

O código do programa federal é máis groseiro que un traballo. Os programas publicáronse con granularidade de catro díxitos e non máis fino. A radiografía, a terapia respiratoria e a tecnoloxía cirúrxica comparten un código; a terapia física comparte outro coa terapia ocupacional. As filas que cobren máis dunha ocupación están marcadas en baixo e o detalle está baixo cada unha. Cando se comparte unha fila, a figura é acerca do código, non acerca de calquera traballo individual dentro dela.

Os programas pequenos son suprimidos na fonte, e non enchemos o baleiro. O Departamento retén as contas das institucións con cohortes demasiado pequenas para publicar con seguridadengade ruído estatístico ás que publica. Polo tanto, cada fila aquí é unha suma das institucións grandes dabondo para informar. A columna de cobertura mostra que parte do total nacional do Departamento recupera esa suma; non aparece nada en baixo 75.0%, e non aparece nada cunha cohorte baixo 1,000.

E os pequenos programas que podemos ver non levan o resultado. Cada taxa abaixo foi recalculada cos programas de informes máis pequenos - cohortes baixo 30 — Eliminouse. En cada fila desta páxina o movemento máis grande foi 0.6 É o cheque que a xente normalmente pide e que volve limpo, así que as cifras non son un artefacto de pequenas cohortes.

Todos os programas que poidamos publicar, o peor primeiro

Ordenada pola parte que non acabou a súa carreira con ingresos. Non está ordenada deliberadamente polo salario; a columna de salario está aquí para que poida ver o que gañan os que atoparon traballo, e nunca decide a orde.

Programa	Non funciona, non está inscrito	Cohorte	Mediana salarial dos que traballan	Mediana da débeda federal no momento da finalización	Cobertura
Cosmetology and personal grooming, undergraduate certificate or diploma Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 12.04 is cosmetology together with barbering, nail technology, esthetics and related grooming programmes. They lead to different state licences and somewhat different pay, and the Department publishes no split. What they have in common is the thing this row shows: they are the largest sub-degree programme in the country by completions, and they have the worst four-year outcome of any programme on this page.	15.4% 16,760	109,085	$26,307 $13,783–$41,270	$8,252	81.8% 788
Health and medical administration, associate's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.07 covers medical billing and coding, health information technology, medical office administration and, at graduate level, health services administration. The sub-degree end of this code is one of the most heavily marketed training products in the country, and its four-year outcome is among the worst on this page — but it is also the code where the Department suppresses the most, so the certificate row does not clear our coverage floor and is not published here at all.	14.1% 3,114	22,121	$37,073 $23,345–$49,261	$19,042	81.0% 213
Vehicle maintenance and repair, undergraduate certificate or diploma Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 47.06 is vehicle maintenance and repair: automotive technology, diesel and heavy equipment, collision repair, motorcycle and marine, and aircraft powerplant and airframe technology. Aviation maintenance leads to an FAA certificate and pays materially more than automotive work, and the Department publishes no split, so this figure is a blend and cannot be read as either.	9.7% 3,242	33,263	$51,586 $33,822–$71,553	$9,500	89.0% 263
Dental support (hygiene and assisting), undergraduate certificate or diploma Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.06 holds dental hygiene and dental assisting together, and the two are not comparable: dental hygiene is a licensed associate-degree role that pays around the associate figure here, dental assisting is a short certificate that pays far less. The credential level separates them better than the code does — the certificate row is mostly assisting, the associate and bachelor's rows mostly hygiene — but neither split is published, so neither is certain.	9.4% 1,703	18,040	$33,673 $21,167–$43,924	$9,201	75.3% 190
Ground transportation (truck and bus driving), undergraduate certificate or diploma Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 49.02 is ground transportation: truck and bus driving, and also flagging and traffic control. Most completions are truck driving. One caveat matters more here than anywhere else on this page — this covers only the driving schools that take federal student aid, and most CDL training is paid in cash or funded by a carrier and never appears in federal data at all.	8.4% 834	9,948	$52,118 $28,154–$74,052	$6,333	80.4% 74
Allied health and medical assisting, associate's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.08 covers medical assisting, pharmacy technician, medical transcription, phlebotomy, veterinary technology and several other support roles in one code. They pay very differently and the Department publishes no split.	8.1% 2,159	26,631	$42,269 $28,587–$56,048	$14,062	79.4% 376
Chiropractic, first professional degree CIP 51.01 is chiropractic and nothing else — no other programme is filed under it, so unlike most codes here the figure is about one qualification and one profession.	7.5% 235	3,126	$61,163 $33,422–$89,313	$193,488	100.0% 10
Health and medical administration, bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.07 covers medical billing and coding, health information technology, medical office administration and, at graduate level, health services administration. The sub-degree end of this code is one of the most heavily marketed training products in the country, and its four-year outcome is among the worst on this page — but it is also the code where the Department suppresses the most, so the certificate row does not clear our coverage floor and is not published here at all.	7.4% 1,488	20,230	$58,716 $41,903–$80,437	$25,325	87.9% 204
Dietetics and clinical nutrition, bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.31 is dietetics and clinical nutrition. The bachelor's degree no longer reaches the registered dietitian credential on its own — since 2024 the Commission on Dietetic Registration has required a master's — so this row covers a qualification that is now a step rather than a destination, which is part of why its four-year outcome is worse than the graduate rows in health.	7.1% 226	3,178	$55,753 $40,535–$68,442	$22,375	83.3% 67
Allied health diagnostic and treatment, undergraduate certificate or diploma Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.09 is the broadest code on this page and it is shared. Radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, cardiovascular technology, sonography, perfusion, athletic training and physician assistant studies are all inside it, and the Department publishes no split. At associate level the code is dominated by imaging, respiratory and surgical technology; at master's level by physician assistant programmes, which is why the earnings jump. No figure here is specific to any one of those occupations and it must not be quoted as though it were.	6.1% 870	14,190	$57,584 $37,331–$79,965	$9,500	76.4% 256
Vehicle maintenance and repair, associate's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 47.06 is vehicle maintenance and repair: automotive technology, diesel and heavy equipment, collision repair, motorcycle and marine, and aircraft powerplant and airframe technology. Aviation maintenance leads to an FAA certificate and pays materially more than automotive work, and the Department publishes no split, so this figure is a blend and cannot be read as either.	5.8% 707	12,247	$58,424 $40,794–$77,509	$12,000	75.1% 152
Air transportation, bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 49.01 is air transportation: professional pilot programmes together with aviation management, air traffic control and flight operations. The bachelor's row is mostly professional pilot and aviation management, and the Department publishes no split between them.	5.0% 229	4,552	$85,825 $61,701–$118,209	$22,067	93.0% 46
Law (research doctorate), doctoral degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 22.01 at doctoral level is the research doctorate in law and a small number of professional programmes the Department classes at this level rather than as first professional. It is not the ordinary route to practising law, which is the first-professional JD row.	4.7% 266	5,651	$105,518 $75,697–$161,837	$113,386	96.4% 25
Law (JD), first professional degree CIP 22.01 at first-professional level is the Juris Doctor. The figure is about law graduates, not admitted lawyers: it counts everyone who finished the degree, including those who never sat or never passed a bar examination. That is the right population for the question "was law school worth it" and the wrong one for "how many lawyers are out of work".	4.6% 1,860	40,840	$107,773 $75,568–$176,111	$106,239	97.0% 163
Architecture, bachelor's degree CIP 04.02 is architecture proper — the accredited professional degree route. It excludes interior architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning, which have their own codes. It is one of the cleaner codes on this page. Note that the degree is only the first of the three requirements for a licence: the experience hours and the six-division examination come after, and NCARB reports the average path from start to licence at 12.3 years.	4.6% 203	4,438	$66,914 $54,236–$78,634	$26,442	94.0% 79
Social work, bachelor's degree CIP 44.07 is social work, and the master's row is the MSW — the degree that leads to clinical licensure in every state. It is one of the larger and cleaner codes here. It does not include counselling or psychology, which have their own codes.	4.5% 1,259	28,250	$51,790 $39,212–$64,160	$23,611	93.1% 407
Architecture, master's degree CIP 04.02 is architecture proper — the accredited professional degree route. It excludes interior architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning, which have their own codes. It is one of the cleaner codes on this page. Note that the degree is only the first of the three requirements for a licence: the experience hours and the six-division examination come after, and NCARB reports the average path from start to licence at 12.3 years.	4.5% 96	2,118	$74,139 $62,872–$86,117	$31,166	84.4% 50
Practical nursing and nursing assistant training, undergraduate certificate or diploma Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.39 puts practical and vocational nursing — the LPN/LVN route — in the same code as nursing-assistant and orderly training, and at certificate level the two cannot be separated. Those are very different qualifications: one is a licensed clinical role reached after about a year, the other is a few weeks of training for work that pays far less. This figure is both of them together, and the mix is not published, so it may not be read as the LPN figure.	4.3% 2,047	47,882	$56,073 $37,200–$76,301	$10,605	84.2% 643
Public health, bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.22 is public health: epidemiology, health education, environmental health and health policy, plus the MPH. It leads to no single occupation and no licence, which is unusual on this page and worth weighing — the qualification is real, but nothing legally requires it for any specific job.	4.3% 602	14,095	$58,808 $41,981–$79,154	$22,500	86.6% 163
Health and medical administration, master's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.07 covers medical billing and coding, health information technology, medical office administration and, at graduate level, health services administration. The sub-degree end of this code is one of the most heavily marketed training products in the country, and its four-year outcome is among the worst on this page — but it is also the code where the Department suppresses the most, so the certificate row does not clear our coverage floor and is not published here at all.	4.3% 595	13,970	$89,981 $62,852–$126,886	$40,243	86.6% 165
Dental support (hygiene and assisting), associate's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.06 holds dental hygiene and dental assisting together, and the two are not comparable: dental hygiene is a licensed associate-degree role that pays around the associate figure here, dental assisting is a short certificate that pays far less. The credential level separates them better than the code does — the certificate row is mostly assisting, the associate and bachelor's rows mostly hygiene — but neither split is published, so neither is certain.	4.2% 353	8,378	$61,982 $42,175–$79,205	$15,375	83.7% 205
Allied health diagnostic and treatment, associate's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.09 is the broadest code on this page and it is shared. Radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, cardiovascular technology, sonography, perfusion, athletic training and physician assistant studies are all inside it, and the Department publishes no split. At associate level the code is dominated by imaging, respiratory and surgical technology; at master's level by physician assistant programmes, which is why the earnings jump. No figure here is specific to any one of those occupations and it must not be quoted as though it were.	4.1% 1,226	29,788	$65,389 $46,431–$84,999	$14,653	84.6% 487
Public health, master's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.22 is public health: epidemiology, health education, environmental health and health policy, plus the MPH. It leads to no single occupation and no licence, which is unusual on this page and worth weighing — the qualification is real, but nothing legally requires it for any specific job.	4.1% 563	13,669	$82,751 $61,518–$113,501	$41,000	87.0% 172
Communication disorders (speech and hearing), bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.02 covers speech-language pathology and audiology together. At master's level it is overwhelmingly speech-language pathology, because audiology moved to a clinical doctorate; at bachelor's level it is a pre-professional degree that qualifies you for neither on its own, which is worth knowing before enrolling.	3.5% 390	11,012	$58,928 $44,993–$73,005	$20,500	94.4% 203
Social work, master's degree CIP 44.07 is social work, and the master's row is the MSW — the degree that leads to clinical licensure in every state. It is one of the larger and cleaner codes here. It does not include counselling or psychology, which have their own codes.	3.4% 1,503	44,604	$65,123 $51,662–$79,737	$37,736	96.9% 248
Rehabilitation and therapy, bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.23 covers physical therapy, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation, art and music therapy and rehabilitation counselling together. The doctoral row is mostly the Doctor of Physical Therapy alongside occupational therapy doctorates; the master's row is mostly occupational therapy and counselling. Physical therapy alone cannot be extracted from any of them, so none of these is the physical therapy figure.	3.3% 137	4,167	$55,792 $40,044–$73,848	$25,000	80.5% 71
Dentistry (advanced and specialty), doctoral degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.04 at doctoral level is a small group of programmes the Department classes as doctoral rather than first professional, including advanced and specialty dental training. The ordinary route to practising dentistry is the first-professional row.	3.2% 35	1,089	$166,240 $98,293–$241,274	$373,155	95.0% 5
Pharmacy, doctoral degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.20 is pharmacy together with pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy administration. The first-professional row is the PharmD, the route to licensure; the doctoral row is largely research doctorates in pharmaceutical science, which lead to laboratory and industry work rather than a pharmacy counter.	3.1% 181	5,819	$136,696 $117,606–$156,076	$181,778	91.5% 36
Registered nursing, associate's degree CIP 51.38 is registered nursing, together with nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing specialisms. At associate and bachelor's level it is almost entirely pre-licensure programmes leading to the NCLEX-RN, so the figure can fairly be read as being about becoming a registered nurse. At master's level and above it also carries nurse practitioners, nurse anaesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse educators and nursing administrators, which are different jobs with different pay.	3.0% 2,548	86,299	$80,813 $61,109–$103,839	$14,910	95.0% 862
Pharmacy, first professional degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.20 is pharmacy together with pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy administration. The first-professional row is the PharmD, the route to licensure; the doctoral row is largely research doctorates in pharmaceutical science, which lead to laboratory and industry work rather than a pharmacy counter.	2.9% 438	14,903	$138,348 $120,409–$158,074	$141,047	93.0% 80
Allied health diagnostic and treatment, bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.09 is the broadest code on this page and it is shared. Radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, cardiovascular technology, sonography, perfusion, athletic training and physician assistant studies are all inside it, and the Department publishes no split. At associate level the code is dominated by imaging, respiratory and surgical technology; at master's level by physician assistant programmes, which is why the earnings jump. No figure here is specific to any one of those occupations and it must not be quoted as though it were.	2.8% 320	11,503	$70,786 $50,919–$95,942	$25,090	79.8% 226
Dentistry (DDS/DMD), first professional degree CIP 51.04 at first-professional level is the DDS and DMD. It does not include dental hygiene or dental assisting, which are CIP 51.06 and appear separately. Specialty residencies taken after the degree are also outside it.	2.7% 210	7,918	$170,812 $110,187–$239,976	$257,402	98.6% 53
Dental support (hygiene and assisting), bachelor's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.06 holds dental hygiene and dental assisting together, and the two are not comparable: dental hygiene is a licensed associate-degree role that pays around the associate figure here, dental assisting is a short certificate that pays far less. The credential level separates them better than the code does — the certificate row is mostly assisting, the associate and bachelor's rows mostly hygiene — but neither split is published, so neither is certain.	2.6% 82	3,202	$68,061 $51,213–$83,379	$20,000	91.3% 69
Registered nursing, bachelor's degree CIP 51.38 is registered nursing, together with nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing specialisms. At associate and bachelor's level it is almost entirely pre-licensure programmes leading to the NCLEX-RN, so the figure can fairly be read as being about becoming a registered nurse. At master's level and above it also carries nurse practitioners, nurse anaesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse educators and nursing administrators, which are different jobs with different pay.	2.5% 4,421	177,214	$88,910 $67,853–$114,470	$22,310	97.1% 825
Rehabilitation and therapy, master's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.23 covers physical therapy, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation, art and music therapy and rehabilitation counselling together. The doctoral row is mostly the Doctor of Physical Therapy alongside occupational therapy doctorates; the master's row is mostly occupational therapy and counselling. Physical therapy alone cannot be extracted from any of them, so none of these is the physical therapy figure.	2.5% 302	11,993	$71,416 $53,551–$86,212	$56,717	88.6% 187
Optometry, first professional degree CIP 51.17 at first-professional level is the Doctor of Optometry. It is a small and well-defined code: sixteen institution groups report, and they cover 86% of the Department's national count.	2.4% 42	1,740	$131,525 $100,524–$158,455	$172,132	86.1% 16
Communication disorders (speech and hearing), master's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.02 covers speech-language pathology and audiology together. At master's level it is overwhelmingly speech-language pathology, because audiology moved to a clinical doctorate; at bachelor's level it is a pre-professional degree that qualifies you for neither on its own, which is worth knowing before enrolling.	2.2% 249	11,235	$67,030 $53,057–$82,358	$41,000	93.2% 223
Nursing (advanced practice and administration), master's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.38 is registered nursing, together with nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing specialisms. At associate and bachelor's level it is almost entirely pre-licensure programmes leading to the NCLEX-RN, so the figure can fairly be read as being about becoming a registered nurse. At master's level and above it also carries nurse practitioners, nurse anaesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse educators and nursing administrators, which are different jobs with different pay.	1.7% 1,064	62,282	$120,193 $94,642–$149,472	$42,730	95.8% 391
Medicine (doctoral programmes), doctoral degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.12 at doctoral level is a mixture of programmes the Department classes as doctoral rather than first professional. The ordinary MD and DO route is the first-professional row, and the same residency caveat applies to both.	1.5% 73	4,714	$118,504 $77,695–$219,037	$216,633	76.6% 21
Medicine (MD/DO), first professional degree CIP 51.12 at first-professional level is the MD and DO. Read the earnings figure with the calendar in mind and it stops being surprising: four years after finishing medical school almost everyone in this cohort is a resident, and a resident's salary is not a doctor's salary. This row measures the bottom of the curve, not the plateau, and the Department publishes nothing further out.	1.3% 423	31,703	$112,460 $77,012–$214,525	$193,336	86.3% 128
Rehabilitation and therapy, first professional degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.23 covers physical therapy, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation, art and music therapy and rehabilitation counselling together. The doctoral row is mostly the Doctor of Physical Therapy alongside occupational therapy doctorates; the master's row is mostly occupational therapy and counselling. Physical therapy alone cannot be extracted from any of them, so none of these is the physical therapy figure.	1.3% 56	4,291	$81,641 $67,036–$93,971	$102,124	80.9% 44
Nursing (advanced practice and administration), first professional degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.38 is registered nursing, together with nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing specialisms. At associate and bachelor's level it is almost entirely pre-licensure programmes leading to the NCLEX-RN, so the figure can fairly be read as being about becoming a registered nurse. At master's level and above it also carries nurse practitioners, nurse anaesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse educators and nursing administrators, which are different jobs with different pay.	1.3% 18	1,387	$133,099 $107,508–$174,772	$67,996	81.9% 22
Allied health diagnostic and treatment, master's degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.09 is the broadest code on this page and it is shared. Radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, cardiovascular technology, sonography, perfusion, athletic training and physician assistant studies are all inside it, and the Department publishes no split. At associate level the code is dominated by imaging, respiratory and surgical technology; at master's level by physician assistant programmes, which is why the earnings jump. No figure here is specific to any one of those occupations and it must not be quoted as though it were.	1.2% 166	13,462	$127,347 $103,242–$152,756	$109,092	83.6% 161
Nursing (advanced practice and administration), doctoral degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.38 is registered nursing, together with nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing specialisms. At associate and bachelor's level it is almost entirely pre-licensure programmes leading to the NCLEX-RN, so the figure can fairly be read as being about becoming a registered nurse. At master's level and above it also carries nurse practitioners, nurse anaesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse educators and nursing administrators, which are different jobs with different pay.	1.1% 74	7,033	$138,131 $106,294–$185,434	$69,145	81.3% 113
Rehabilitation and therapy, doctoral degree Código compartido — cobre máis dunha ocupación CIP 51.23 covers physical therapy, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation, art and music therapy and rehabilitation counselling together. The doctoral row is mostly the Doctor of Physical Therapy alongside occupational therapy doctorates; the master's row is mostly occupational therapy and counselling. Physical therapy alone cannot be extracted from any of them, so none of these is the physical therapy figure.	1.0% 119	11,740	$82,893 $68,836–$95,078	$87,112	89.0% 150

Fonte: Departamento de Educación dos EUA, College Scorecard, datos do campo de estudo, publicación do 10 de xuño de 2026. Os ingresos mídense catro anos despois da finalización e son cifras nacionais publicadas polo Departamento; a taxa de non traballadores é a nosa propia suma das contas a nivel de institución que publican. A cobertura é esa suma como unha parte da conta de traballadores nacionais do Departamento para o mesmo programa e nivel, co número de grupos de institucións informantes por baixo dela. · vista

Como ler as dúas columnas de diñeiro

A columna de salarios é unha figura de supervivencia, e ese é o punto. É a mediana para as persoas da mesma cohorte que estaban traballando - as da outra columna non están nela. Cada mediana en cada sitio de pago está construída deste xeito; case ningunha mostra a columna á beira dela. Ler as dúas xuntas é a única forma de que a cifra de pago signifique algo: unha mediana alta xunto a unha taxa alta de non traballar é un programa onde a xente que o fai ben e unha parte significativa non o fan.

A columna de débeda é un piso, non un prezo. É a mediana da débeda federal de préstamos que se leva ao rematar, o que a xente realmente pediu prestado do goberno. Exclúe as axudas, aforros, cartos familiares, préstamos privados e custos de vida, polo que o custo real de cada programa aquí é maior que o número mostrado, por unha cantidade que ninguén publica. É tamén unha mediana entre as institucións que informan unha, que non é o mesmo que unha mediana entre os estudantes.

Catro anos é cedo para algúns e tarde para ningún. Para un certificado, catro anos é unha carreira establecida. Para medicina é a metade dunha residencia, polo que as filas médicas mostran ingresos moi por baixo do que eses médicos gañarán finalmente - a cifra é real, simplemente está a medir a parte inferior da curva. O Departamento non publica nada máis aló, así que nós tampouco.

Nada disto di que un programa sexa malo. Unha cualificación pode ser legalmente requirida, ou a única vía para o traballo que preferirías facer, e aínda así mostrar un pobre resultado en catro anos. O que a columna fai é evitar que a cifra de salario se lea como unha promesa.

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