Data from Stanford University's career development center (CDC) found that students who added a bachelor's degree from the school or humanities and sciences to their resume earned an average salary of $54,950, while those who graduated from the school of engineering received $72,140 on average. According to the recent survey of students who graduated from the California-based school from 2006 to 2009, however, market demand and the recruitment process were some of the main measurements of job-search success. Lance Choy, CDC director, told the Stanford Daily that on average, graduates spent 10 months or more landing a job in their chosen field. "But something you have to be careful about is the nature of employer recruiting," Choy added. "Some employers are very structured in their programming. They know they’re going to hire X number of students. They’ll come in, do their hiring in the fall." According to the school, companies that hired the most Stanford graduates this year were Google, Bain & Company and Teach for America. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the most common occupations of professionals with a liberal arts degree on their resume included management, sales, and teaching. |