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Atlanta, GA | Posted: October 8, 2014
Rebecca Keane
Summary Sentence:
New graduates from the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts earn the fifth highest starting salaries among those with degrees in humanities and social sciences according to a new report released October 6 by NerdWallet.
Full Summary:
New graduates from the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts earn the fifth highest starting salaries among those with degrees in humanities and social sciences according to a new report released October 6 by NerdWallet.
#5New graduates from the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts earn the fifth highest starting salaries among those with degrees in humanities and social sciences according to a new report released October 6 by NerdWallet.
This is the second year in a row that the Ivan Allen College has been ranked in the top five for highest salaries, showing an increase of 4.5% since 2013.
“A shining star in the South, Atlanta’s Georgia Tech is a prestigious public university known for its success in technology and the sciences—and it also produces some of the highest-paid liberal arts grads in the country,” noted the report.
Despite the reputation of liberal arts “for providing students with limited career choices in low-paying jobs, some schools have helped their recent graduates take home salaries well above the humanities and social science average,” the report stated.
“Unique to the College of Liberal Arts is its focus on bridging the gap between the humanities and technology. With an emphasis on research, engineering, and the sciences, along with a culture of innovation and ingenuity, Georgia Tech is an ideal school for those interested in learning about technology through the lens of a liberal arts degree.”
Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College was one of two public institutions among the Top 15 list which included schools such as Cornell, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The NerdWallet ranking was based on self-reported salaries for new graduates averaged from 2011-2014. The report stated that most 2014 humanities and social sciences graduates are earning about $38,365 per year at their first jobs—an increase of 3.5% from last year’s starting salary, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
