Sorry, for the grammatical mistakes in my previous posts, which happens whenever I multitask.
I wanted to comment on Mr. Chang’s video as related to the 23 persons he interviewed which were:
- 5 STEM students – 3 Computer Science, 1 Applied Mathematics, and 1 student doubling in Statistics/Data Science and Linguistics/Computer Science;
- 3 Grad Students;
- 9 From the Economics department: with 7 Econ, and 2 Business Economics students – there might actually be more Bizecon students now or at least equal;
- 5 (Non-Econ) Social Science students;
- 1 Psychology student.
I won’t comment on the first three groups, the STEM, grad students, and the Economics-based students, because even for the one who’ll travel {and} find {gainful employment} later, their futures are set.
Groups four and five were comprised of six students.
The History major, who stated that he hasn’t started looking for a job just yet and said he might look at McDonald’s is fairly common {scenario} at UCLA and the UCs – not the McD part, {but more that the lower tuition & other costs for an in-state, if he is, lulls some into not interning and networking,} unlike Ivy grads who’ll strive to have offers post-graduation because they’ll need continuous income. Per the salaries listed above for this major at {2, 5, 10, 15, with the 20th year post-graduation being $185k}, he’ll have a good probability of very high compensation dependent on his motivation.
The group of grads the EDD-data doesn’t keep track of are those who’ll work as independent contractors. This person may end up in something like commercial real estate and blow everyone else out of the water with his income.
The thing to be leery of while working for oneself is the double FICA percentages that come with self-employment, a little over 15% up to the cap of $160k, as well as one having to send in quarterly tax payments to the IRS and Franchise Tax Board, because penalties will be incurred by not paying a steady stream.
The Public Affairs major who’ll be in consulting was very resourceful and planned things well with internships and clubs.
I’m guessing the Political Science student who’ll start out as a teacher will probably end up doing something else.
Both the Applied Linguistics and Sociology students stated that they will attend grad school and go for a teaching and counseling career, respectively, presumably to help their communities. I’m guessing both attended UCLA without paying any tuition. Here’s the breakdown of salaries for Soc students which is one of the lowest at UCLA in the years since graduation:
| Sociology | 25th %-ile | Median | 75th %-ile | Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Years | $29,748 | $45,600 | $61,188 | $50,000 | |
| 5 Years | $46,652 | $66,600 | $89,342 | $75,000 | |
| 10 Years | $63,972 | $89,800 | $127,592 | $108,000 | |
| 15 Years | $71,657 | $107,000 | $153,201 | $130,000 | |
| 20 Years | $74,631 | $117,308 | $172,308 | $147,000 |
I’ll probably add one more post following this one in a similar spreadsheet presentation of the one right above for various majors to try to prove the aggregated salaries for the University.