01-30-2022, 04:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2022, 04:32 PM by smartdegree.)
The general population always assumes that Harvard grads always get the best jobs with the best pay.
But looking at Harvard's GSE Masters Grads from 2020, their median salaries are only $65,000 and the middle 50% earn between 53K and 78K. Hardly a path to financial freedom. Those look like the average salaries at any state school masters in education.
https://cso.gse.harvard.edu/files/gse-oc...report.pdf
I guess what I wanted to say was that for some occupations, the Harvard prestige is probably not going to give you a better paying job than any other state school grad. That's why I'm still surprised some people take out $100K in loans to take something like MSW or masters in education from a prestigious school when they could've gone to their local state school.
Of course when you actually have that Harvard acceptance letter, logic flies out the window perhaps for most people
But looking at Harvard's GSE Masters Grads from 2020, their median salaries are only $65,000 and the middle 50% earn between 53K and 78K. Hardly a path to financial freedom. Those look like the average salaries at any state school masters in education.
https://cso.gse.harvard.edu/files/gse-oc...report.pdf
I guess what I wanted to say was that for some occupations, the Harvard prestige is probably not going to give you a better paying job than any other state school grad. That's why I'm still surprised some people take out $100K in loans to take something like MSW or masters in education from a prestigious school when they could've gone to their local state school.
Of course when you actually have that Harvard acceptance letter, logic flies out the window perhaps for most people
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