Why is NYU worth 45k a year?

catherine
Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:20:33 +0000

Don’t remember where I got that statistic - it was either from an NYU or NYU related website or one their many mailings. In a question/answer format. But it is meaningless because it is for first year grads for one particular year (the most recent one they had stats for), and it doesn’t take into account the fact that many students go to grad school so they have no “starting salary” after getting their undergraduate degrees. But except for Stern, I don’t think you can say that going to any one school will necessarily give you a financial leg up. A science major at Gallatin taking many CAS courses will not necessarily have a lower starting salary than a science major in CAS. A communications major at Steinhardt may land a great job at an ad agency, for instance, and a playwright at Tisch might need time to get a career going.