by Luke Loranger |
It appears students have made a good investment in attending UP, according to a recent survey by Georgetown University.
The study measured the median salary of students who attended college 10 years after graduation. According to the Georgetown research, University of Portland has the highest median salary for students after graduation in Oregon, beating out schools such as Lewis and Clark and University of Oregon with a median salary of $51,700.
The data comes from College Scorecard, which was created the Department of Education late last year and includes information about the price of colleges and graduation rates. The Georgetown study was conducted to help students decide where to attend college, with an emphasis placed on helping students avoid heavy debt at colleges that do not have high median salaries after graduation.
University of Portland is ranked 194th in the nation for expected median salary after graduation. However, once this number is adjusted for composition of majors, UP’s rank falls to 406, suggesting that the median salaries are skewed by traditionally higher paying jobs, such as mechanical or civil engineering. Adjusted to for the composition of majors at UP, the total median salary falls $3,100.
Still, the average median salary is significantly larger than the average cost of attending UP, which is estimated to be $29,052 after scholarships according to the College Scorecard.
Luke Loranger is a reporter for the Beacon and can be reached on Twitter @loranger18 or loranger18@up.edu
