Where it Pays to Attend College

### [Salary Increase By Type of College][1]

Party school? Liberal Arts college? State School? You already know your starting salary will be different depending on what type of school you attend. But, increased earning power shows less disparity. Ten years out, graduates of Ivy League schools earned 99% more than they did at graduation. Party school graduates saw an 85% increase. Engineering school graduates fared worst, earning 76% more 10 years out of school. See where your school ranks.

### [Salaries By Region][2]

Attending college in the Midwest leads to the lowest salary both at graduation and at mid-career, according to the PayScale Inc. survey. Graduates of schools in the Northeast and California fared best.

### [Salary Increase By Major][3]

Your parents might have worried when you chose Philosophy or International Relations as a major. But a year-long survey of 1.2 million people with only a bachelor's degree by PayScale Inc. shows that graduates in these subjects earned 103.5% and 97.8% more, respectively, about 10 years post-commencement. Majors that didn't show as much salary growth include Nursing and Information Technology.

All data was obtained from the Wall Street Journal based on data from Payscale, Inc:

* [Salaries for Colleges by Type][4]
* [Salaries for Colleges by Region][5]
* [Degrees that Pay you Back][6]

[1]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html
[2]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Region-sort.html
[3]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html
[4]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html
[5]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Region-sort.html
[6]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html

### [院校类型对薪资增长的影响][1]

政党组织院校？文科院校？州立院校？您早已知晓，您所就读院校的类型将直接影响您的起始薪资。然而，薪资增长能力显示出较小的差异。十年之后，常春藤联盟院校的毕业生薪资较毕业时增长了99%。政党组织院校的毕业生薪资增长了85%。工程院校的毕业生表现最为不佳，毕业十年后的薪资仅增长了76%。请查看您所在院校的排名。

### [地区对薪资的影响][2]

根据PayScale Inc.的调查，就读于中西部的大学在毕业和职业生涯中期都将获得最低的薪资。东北部和加利福尼亚州的院校毕业生表现最佳。

### [专业对薪资增长的影响][3]

当您选择哲学或国际关系作为专业时，您的父母可能曾表示担忧。但PayScale Inc.对120万仅有学士学位的人进行了一年的调查表明，这些专业的毕业生在毕业后的十年内，薪资分别增长了103.5%和97.8%。薪资增长不明显的专业包括护理和信息科技。

所有数据均来源于《华尔街日报》，基于Payscale, Inc.的数据：
* [按院校类型划分的薪资数据][4]
* [按地区划分的薪资数据][5]
* [回报率高的学位][6]

[1]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html
[2]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Region-sort.html
[3]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html
[4]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html
[5]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Region-sort.html
[6]: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html