You can see the article here.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-50-most-underrate...
We come in at #50. Not much of a write-up, but it mentions our engineering program and research. Nice plug.
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Now if only they could get some better long distance graduate programs. By better I mean ones I want/need to take in my field.
Considering how we're usually ranked in the collegiate rankings, its sayin something to consider us underrated
Yeah, after looking at the other colleges ranked ahead of us, and utilizing what appears to be one of MSN's own metrics for the rankings (mid-career salary), it appears that they may have underrated us in the underrated list. See Auburn and Arkansas at 41 & 40. Damn SEC bias.
This is good exposure, but MSN makes some of the dumbest lists I've seen on the internet. They did a "best luxury cars of 2014" list and included Volkswagens, which are nice but aren't even the luxury brand of the Volkswagen company itself.
I will take your word for it, can't give that website the satisfaction of a click
Damn! I must be a long way from my "mid-career". I don't know about the rest of you guys on here, but I'm not close to that number yet. Maybe after an upward move or two, I'll be within shouting distance, but not now. There must be some people on the far top end of this figure pulling the curve.
I'm not sure what they are using as "mid-career". By my crude math, if you start working at 22 and assume retirement at 65 then "mid career" would be between 43 and 44. If you graduated in 99 (judging by your name) you still have about half a decade to go!
Edit: Also this number gets inflated depending on where grads end up working. Certainly DC area salaries will inflate that compared to Roanoke valley.
Also inflated based upon career field too. A Human Development major who gets into social work couldn't even dream of making that salary while an engineer could be looking at that salary within their first 10 years out of college.
Also inflated based on where the job is....
$90k doesn't get you nearly as far in DC as it would in Raleigh... just sayin....
I'm in a position where I could be there, but to get there I'd have to be such a corporate whore I couldn't live with myself. I take being a non-douche with a comfortable lifestyle over being a Benz-driving tool any day of the week.