I was surprised that we are lower than English and History when it comes to BA/BS starting salary. It was even sadder to see, "The lowest rate of satisfied alumni was for psychology (26%)". However, this may be because they were interested in psychology but end up in fields unrelated to psychology (and poorly paid).
Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe [email protected] SL - Evert Snook On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The latest issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science contains the > following paper: > > > *Perspectives on **Psychological Science * > Volume 6, Number 4 > > > > Psychology Degrees: Employment, Wage, and Career Trajectory > Consequences<https://owa.stjohns.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=94db4c9f5ab742d59938faf68122e618&URL=http%3a%2f%2fr20.rs6.net%2ftn.jsp%3fllr%3dwlvwawcab%26et%3d1106804332315%26s%3d13838%26e%3d001t7LlKhJ-73_Q3ImgxNbgJL33WcotyrUrfAdhl-kImF8MhF7HuU14x5Yw1yPiSZgXX_eb1ZTgHP9niIVslePrBtlumjAUjcBFHNo6vOmqql0V7Mfr7fdK6gx-YFonxdh6kBH539KfmEWzNd5RSZDdBoeS6ObLJ7xGiU0-gDiOgOine_QOOxP9YirsxU-N1gpAGXNyzpJISrjw_S6-mt-iPujk-3Mp81AJFEtOVTTSkyUaIyG2YfwpKomMJZ9m2BxR> > > *D.W. Rajecki and Victor M.H. Borden* > Psychology is a very popular bachelor's degree, so the psychological > science community should be thrilled, right? However, the authors of this > article found that psychology professionals fall into the lower salary tiers > across the board. Not only do individuals with undergraduate degrees receive > lower starting salaries and experience repeated job seeking, but individuals > with master's degrees and faculty positions in psychology also receive lower > salaries than do their colleagues in other academic fields. These findings > show that there are relative economic disadvantages associated with > psychology degrees that should be communicated to prospective psychology > majors. > > There is probably nothing new that you did not already know or suspect, but > I thought the paper would interest many of you. > > > > Miguel > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f38d&n=T&l=tips&o=11644 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-11644-13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11645 or send a blank email to leave-11645-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
