<p>Yeah, but wouldn’t UGA offer a broader curriculum in the liberal arts? Tech students may make more because they must be exposed to the natural sciences and math even when pursuing a liberal arts degree. Thus, they end up more well-rounded and have a greater variety of jobs to choose from, many of which are higher paying. So I don’t think the income made after graduation will judge quality in that area, because I’m willing to bet that students in the liberal arts here (Emory) probably make less than that right after graduation (part of this is because we feed lots of people to things like teach for America and the Peace Core, so the goals are different in a lot of cases), yet the teaching and oppurtunities are probably just as good if not better. And then you’d have to consider that many/most students at schools like UGA (or even us) in such programs probably pursue graduate school or law school opportunities. The pool of those who exit those programs and immediately enter the workforce may be smaller. Also, despite UGA being easier, apparently the students there still don’t do that well. The average graduating gpa is a 3.2, 1/10 higher than Tech. Therefore, it’s clear that most students there don’t find it easy, or perhaps don’t work as hard, but point is, their grades aren’t that high. One reason could be that there is a lot of distractions at UGA. That makes seeming non-rigorous academics hard sometimes.
Anyway, I personally would choose UGA for the course offerings if I was in those fields, as I’m more research/academia oriented. People at engineering schools are probably more “career” oriented regardless of whether they are in liberal arts or not, whereas a person at other schools in such programs will follow passion and pursue more unconventional fields that don’t pay as well. Heck lots of folks at MIT end up on Wall Street. A lot goes behind those numbers, so I wouldn’t use them to discredit a school.</p>