The most lucrative majors? Some community college grads can outearn elite university peers

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Community college graduates in healthcare fields can outearn humanities students even from elite universities such as Stanford, UC Berkeley and UCLA, underscoring how much majors can matter.​

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Community college graduates in healthcare fields can outearn humanities students even from elite universities such as Stanford, UC Berkeley and UCLA, underscoring how much majors can matter. Colleges are under growing scrutiny by federal and state officials for the returns they deliver.

Comprehensive public data about salaries earned by graduates in specific majors at specific universities became available beginning in 2015 with the launch of the

— an accountability effort by the Obama administration that accelerated under President Trump. $31.5-billion budget deficit Newsom is aiming to foster closer connections between educators and employers to meet state workforce needs and create student pipelines to meaningful careers — an approach used in Singapore, said Ben Chida, who leads Newsom’s educational agenda as chief deputy cabinet secretary.

“The core question facing education and our young people today is how do we help students find and make meaning in their lives?” Chida said. “It oftentimes involves having a career … that leads to both personal and community prosperity.” headtopics.


 
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