Which College will land you the highest-paying job?

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!

Brandon Chivers Professor Klinkowstein

Selected Business Article !

"Harvey Mudd College among the highest earning post-grad!


Summary!• Average mid-career salary: $124,300!

• STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)!

• The more money people make, the better they like their job.!


Social Circumstance!Social Group: people 18-25 !

Circumstance: Students applying to university/students currently enrolled and intended major!


Ethnographic Research "


Fall Open House at Admission Center!



Bernon Hall: Admission Center!



Welcoming Sign!

Washington Park: NYU!





Sara Fox!



Diana Pedra!



Billy Cohen!



Conner Milfred!

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. !


• 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. !



• Every prospective student is with a parent!

• 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!



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 saving the world. I want to make a world a better place. !


DIANA PEDRA:!


•  Wanted a nice campus and a small class size!


• Providence college: campus size, prestigious !


• Undecided: “I don’t really know a career that is a perfect fit.” Talked about enrolling into criminal justice/law.!



CONNER MILFRED:!


• Study abroad programs, and a business school.!


• Columbia: Because it had all their requirements for a school. !


• Business management because they wanted money for the future. !



BILLY COHEN:!


• Their father wanted them to attend a business school. !


• Boston University, because of previous relatives. !


• International business, because it the parents wish. !


Diagonals !


Arcs!


Irregular Shapes!


Grids!


Monochromes!


Neutrals!


High key!


Low Key!



Combination !


Combination: Black & White!

Proposal"

• Building from previous college search engines such as College Board,

the resulting product will give a variety of options in creating the perfect

college/university match per individual. Which will be based upon big

data (social media), major, money options, and post-‐grad career

retention. In additional proponent of an MRI, which will evaluate

through a neurological exam, will then determine the accuracy of a

decision based upon neurotransmitters that react at the receptor to

another small list of probing questions. Giving the student an overall

match that is better personalized to the need of the survey.







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Which College will land you the highest-paying job?