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<p>take it from a guy on wall street: if I were to earn 125k 10 years out of college, I’d be kicking myself for not getting that MBA or I’d be in tears. Noone in finance earns 125k 10 years out. It’s usually the high fliers who succeed without a secondary degree and this survey clearly does not capture these people (with medians of 125k). 125k is what a good first year investment banking analyst makes at a top 10 bank after bonus straight out of college.</p>
<p>Here’s (another) fundamental reason why this survey is flawed:</p>
<p>If you wanted to make money out of college and see some ROI you’d probably go into med/law/finance/consulting. Almost all of which would lead you to a masters or higher at some point. So the survey looks at median salaries of those college grads probably not interested in making money in the first place and basically tells you absolutely nothing about a college’s ability to give you financial success - this study is thus worthless.</p>
<p>Even something as narrow as a college’s acceptances rates into top law schools would be more valuable.</p>