Top Colleges for Making Money

According to a recent study compiled by PayScale.com , the top schools for future earnings ,according to earnings of alumni at colleges around the country;

No. 1: Dartmouth College
Median Salary 0 to 5 years $58,000
10 to 20 years $134,000
Top Earners*$321,000

Crossing the Dartmouth Green (photo by Joseph Mehling '69)

Dartmouth College is a private, four-year liberal arts institution that has been at the forefront of American higher education since 1769. A member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth is a superb undergraduate residential college with the intellectual character of a university, featuring thriving research and first-rate graduate and professional programs. This unique combination creates a highly personal learning environment for our exceptional students and faculty.

No. 2: Princeton University

Princeton's campus is located on 500 acres in central New Jersey. The University recently created an Office of Sustainability to continue focusing on areas where it has been a leader, such as energy conservation, and to coordinate other environmental efforts.

Median Salary 0 to 5 years $66,500

10 to 20 years $131,000

Top Earners* $261,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 3: Stanford University

Photo: L.A. Cicero

Palm Drive, the mile-long, palm tree-lined entrance to campus, connects Stanford with the neighboring town of Palo Alto. Bike and walking paths and an arboretum border Palm Drive, and the street culminates at the Oval, a lawn at the front of campus where students often study or play volleyball and Frisbee. The view west down Palm Drive -- with palm trees framing Memorial Church and the foothills beyond -- is a classic Stanford shot.

Median Salary 0 to 5 years $70,400

10 to 20 years $129,000

Top Earners*$257,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.



No. 4: Yale University
Yale’s roots can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World. This vision was fulfilled in 1701, when the charter was granted for a school “wherein Youth may be instructed in the Arts and Sciences [and] through the blessing of Almighty God may be fitted for Publick employment both in Church and Civil State.” In 1718 the school was renamed “Yale College” in gratitude to the Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who had donated the proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods together with 417 books and a portrait of King George I.

Median Salary 0 to 5 years $59,100

10 to 20 years $126,000

Top Earners* $326,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.




No. 4: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

MIT is located on 168 acres that extend more than a mile along the Cambridge side of the Charles River Basin .

Median Salary 0 to 5 years $72,200

10 to 20 years $126,000

Top Earners*$326,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 6: Harvard University

Median Salary 0 to 5 years $63,400

10 to 20 years $124,000

Top Earners* $288,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 7: University Of Pennsylvania

Median Salary 0 to 5 years $60,900

10 to 20 years $120,000

Top Earners* $282,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 8: University Of Notre Dame


Median Salary 0 to 5 years $56,300

10 to 20 years $116,000

Top Earners* $235,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount


No. 9: Polytechnic University Of New York, Brooklyn

Median Salary 0 to 5 years $62,400

10 to 20 years $114,000

Top Earners* $190,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 9: Worcester Polytechnic Institute


Median Salary 0 to 5 years $61,000

10 to 20 years $114,000

Top Earners* $180,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.



No. 11: University Of Chicago


Median Salary 0 to 5 years $53,400

10 to 20 years $113,000

Top Earners* $255,000

*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.

Source: PayScale.com

Single Americans

“National Singles Week” was started by the Buckeye Singles Council in Ohio in the 1980s to celebrate single life and recognize singles and their contributions to society. The week is now widely observed during the third full week of September (Sept. 21-27 in 2008) as “Unmarried and Single Americans Week,” an acknowledgment that many unmarried Americans do not identify with the word “single” because they are parents, have partners or are widowed. In this edition of Facts for Features, unmarried people include those who were never married, widowed, or divorced, unless otherwise noted.

Single Life

92 million
Number of unmarried Americans 18 and older in 2006. This group comprised 42 percent of all U.S. residents 18 and older.

54%
Percentage of unmarried Americans 18 and older who are women.

60%
Percentage of unmarried Americans 18 and older who have never been married. Another 25 percent are divorced, and 15 percent are widowed.

15 million
Number of unmarried Americans 65 and older. These older Americans comprise 16 percent of all unmarried and single people 18 and older.

86
Number of unmarried men 18 and older for every 100 unmarried women in the United States.

50.7 million
Number of households maintained by unmarried men or women. These households comprise 44 percent of households nationwide.

30.5 million
Number of people who live alone. They comprise 27 percent of all households, up from 17 percent in 1970.

Source for statements in this section: America’s Families and Living Arrangements
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/009842.html>

Parenting

12.9 million
Number of single parents living with their children in 2006. Of these, 10.4 million were single mothers.
Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/009842.html>

9%
Percentage of households headed by single parents in 2006, up from 5 percent in 1970.
Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/009842.html>

39%
Percentage of opposite-sex, unmarried-partner households that include children. Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/009842.html>

733,000
Number of unmarried grandparents who were caregivers for their grandchildren in 2006. They comprised about three in 10 grandparents who were responsible for their grandchildren.
Source: 2006 American Community Survey <http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/users_guide/index.htm>

Unmarried Couples

6 million
Number of unmarried-partner households in 2006. These include 5.2 million of the opposite sex and 780,000 of the same sex.
Source: 2006 American Community Survey <http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/users_guide/index.htm>

Dating

904
The number of dating service establishments nationwide as of 2002. These establishments, which include Internet dating services, employed nearly 4,300 people and generated $489 million in revenues.
Source: 2002 Economic Census <http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/guide/SUBSUMM.HTM>

Voters

36%
Percentage of voters in the 2004 presidential election who were unmarried.
Source: Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/voting/004986.html>

Education

83%
Percentage of unmarried people 25 and older in 2007 who were high school graduates.
Source: Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011196.html>

24%
Percentage of unmarried people 25 and older in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree or more education.
Source: Educational Attainment in the United States

Back to School: Facts- Census

Back to School: 2008-2009

Summertime winding down and summer vacations coming to an end signal that back-to-school time is near. It’s a time that many children eagerly anticipate — catching up with old friends, making new ones and settling into a new daily routine. Parents and children alike scan the newspapers and Web sites looking for sales to shop for a multitude of school supplies and the latest clothing fads and essentials. This edition of Facts for Features highlights the many statistics associated with the return to classrooms by our nation’s students and teachers.

Back-to-School Shopping

$7.5 billion
The amount of money spent at family clothing stores in August 2007. Only in November and December — the holiday shopping season — were sales significantly higher. Similarly, sales at bookstores in August 2007 totaled $2.3 billion, an amount approached in 2007 only by sales in January and December. Source: Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services <http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/mrts.html>

For back-to-school shopping, choices of retail establishments abound: In 2005, there were 24,659 family clothing stores, 6,305 children and infants clothing stores, 26,416 shoe stores, 9,501 office supply and stationery stores, 23,195 sporting goods stores, 11,077 bookstores and 9,589 department stores. Source: County Business Patterns: 2005
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/010192.html>

Students

75.2 million
The number of children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2006 — from nursery school to college.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

Pre-K through 12 Enrollment

56%
Percentage of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school in October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

72%
Percentage of children 3 to 6 enrolled in kindergarten who attended all day, as of October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

56 million
The projected number of students to be enrolled in the nation’s elementary through high schools (grades K-12) this fall.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 211 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

17,000
Number of students 30 and older enrolled in elementary school, as of October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

11%
Projected percentage of elementary through high school students enrolled in private schools this fall.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 211 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

41%
Percentage of elementary through high school students who were minorities, as of October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

23%
Percentage of elementary through high school students who have at least one foreign-born parent in October 2006. Five percent were foreign-born themselves. Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

33%
Percentage of children 6 to 11 who participated in lessons as of 2004. Lessons include those taken after school or on the weekend in subjects such as music, dance, language, computers or religion. The corresponding percentage a decade earlier was 24 percent.
Source: A Child’s Day: 2004 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/010850.html>

26%
Percentage of children 6 to 11 who had ever attended or been enrolled in first grade or higher and had changed schools at some point as of 2004, down from 30 percent a decade earlier. For children 12 to 17, the corresponding rate declined from 52 percent to 42 percent over the period.
Source: A Child’s Day: 2004 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/010850.html>

7%
The percentage of children 6 to 11 who had ever repeated a grade as of 2004, unchanged from a decade earlier. For children 12 to 17, the rate declined from 16 percent to 11 percent over the period.
Source: A Child’s Day: 2004 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/010850.html>

Languages

10.9 million
Number of school-age children (5 to 17) who speak a language other than English at home; 7.8 million of these children speak Spanish at home.
Source: 2006 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov/>

Lunchtime

30.5 million
Average number of children participating each month in the national school lunch program in 2007.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 551 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

9.3 billion
The nation’s total apple production, in pounds, in 2007, down from 9.9 billion in 2006. The chances are good that the apples your children present to their teachers or enjoy for lunch were grown in Washington state, which accounted for more than half of the nation’s total production.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service <http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp>

College

18.4 million
The projected number of students enrolled in the nation’s colleges and universities this fall. This is up from 13.5 million 20 years ago.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 211 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

37%
Percentage of all college students 25 and older in October 2006; 55 percent of these older students attended school part time.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

69%
Percentage of undergraduates enrolled in four-year colleges in October 2006. Of those enrolled in such schools, 80 percent attended full time.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

46%
Percentage of 18- and 19-year-olds enrolled in college in 2006.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

56%
Percentage of undergraduates who were women in October 2006.
Source: School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006
<<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011921.html>

8.6 million
Number of people who hold bachelor’s degrees in business. Twenty-five percent of bachelor’s degrees were in this field.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
<<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011392.html>

5.6 years
Average amount of time it takes people to complete bachelor’s degrees. It took 4.4 years to complete an associate’s degree.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011392.html>

How Many Schools?

97,382
Number of public schools in 2005-06. The corresponding number of private schools was 28,996 in 2005-06.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Tables 231 and 254 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

4,276
Number of institutions of higher learning that granted college degrees in 2005.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 269 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

3,690
The number of public charter schools nationwide in 2005-06. These schools, exempt from selected state and local rules and regulations, enrolled 1 million students.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 230 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

Teachers and Other School Personnel

7.1 million
Number of teachers in the United States in 2007. Some 2.9 million teach at the elementary and middle school level. The remainder includes those teaching at the postsecondary, secondary, and preschool and kindergarten levels.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 596 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

$59,825
Average annual salary of public school teachers in California as of the 2005-2006 school year — the highest of any state. Teachers in South Dakota received the lowest pay — $34,709. The national average was $49,026. High school principals earned $92,965 annually in 2006-07.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Tables 244 and 247 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

$15.48
Average hourly wage for the nation’s school bus drivers in 2006-07. Custodians earned $13.78, while cafeteria workers made $11.16.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 247 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

Technology

14.2 million
Number of computers available for classroom use in the nation’s schools as of the 2005-2006 school year. That works out to one computer for every four students.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 252 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

The Rising Cost of College

$14,203
Average tuition, room and board (for in-state students) at the nation’s four-year public colleges and universities for an entire academic year (2006-07). That is more than double the corresponding figure in 1990.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 282 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

$38,400
Average tuition, room and board at the nation’s four-year private colleges and universities for one academic year (2006-07). That also is more than double the corresponding 1990 figure.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 282 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

The Rewards of Staying in School

$82,320
Average annual 2006 earnings of workers 18 and older with an advanced degree. This compares with $20,873 for those without a high school diploma. In addition, those with a bachelor’s degree earned an average of $56,788 in 2006, while those with a high school diploma earned $31,071.
Source: Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007
<<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011196.html>

$59,408
Average starting salary offered to bachelor’s degree candidates in petroleum engineering in 2007, among the highest of any field of study. At the other end of the spectrum were those majoring in the humanities, who were offered an average of $31,345.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 287 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

$5,992
Average monthly earnings for full-time workers 18 and older with earnings who had a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011392.html>

$3,431
Average monthly earnings for full-time workers 18 and older with earnings who had a bachelor’s degree in education.
Source: What It’s Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011392.html>

Graduation

3.3 million
Projected number of high school diplomas that will be awarded in the 2008-09 school year.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 213 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

3.1 million
Number of college degrees expected to be conferred in the 2008-09 school year.
Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, Table 213 <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/>

Government Spending on Public Education

$9,138
The per-pupil expenditure on public elementary and secondary education nationally in 2006. New York ($14,884) spent the most among states or state equivalents, followed by New Jersey ($14,630) and the District of Columbia ($13,446). Utah ($5,437) spent the least per student, followed by Idaho ($6,440) and Arizona ($6,472).
Source: Public Education Finances: 2006 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011747.html>

How Anonymous Are You Online?

You may think that you are anonymous as you browse web sites, but pieces of information about you are always left behind. You can reduce the amount of information revealed about you by visiting legitimate sites, checking privacy policies, and minimizing the amount of personal information you provide. What information is collected?

When you visit a web site, a certain amount of information is automatically sent to the site. This information may include the following:

• IP address - Each computer on the internet is assigned a specific, unique IP (internet protocol) address. Your computer may have a static IP address or a dynamic IP address. If you have a static IP address, it never changes. However, some ISPs own a block of addresses and assign an open one each time you connect to the internet—this is a dynamic IP address. You can determine your computer's IP address at any given time by visiting www.showmyip.com
• domain name - The internet is divided into domains, and every user's account is associated with one of those domains. You can identify the domain by looking at the end of URL; for example, .edu indicates an educational institution, .gov indicates a US government agency, .org refers to organization, and .com is for commercial use. Many countries also have specific domain names. The list of active domain names is available from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
• software details - It may be possible for an organization to determine which browser, including the version, that you used to access its site. The organization may also be able to determine what operating system your computer is running.
• page visits - Information about which pages you visited, how long you stayed on a given page, and whether you came to the site from a search engine is often available to the organization operating the web site.

If a web site uses cookies, the organization may be able to collect even more information, such as your browsing patterns, which include other sites you've visited. If the site you're vising is malicious, files on your computer, as well as passwords stored in the temporary memory, may be at risk.

How is this information used?

Generally, organizations use the information that is gathered automatically for legitimate purposes, such as generating statistics about their sites. By analyzing the statistics, the organizations can better understand the popularity of the site and which areas of content are being accessed the most. They may be able to use this information to modify the site to better support the behavior of the people visiting it.

Another way to apply information gathered about users is marketing. If the site uses cookies to determine other sites or pages you have visited, it may use this information to advertise certain products. The products may be on the same site or may be offered by partner sites.

However, some sites may collect your information for malicious purposes. If attackers are able to access files, passwords, or personal information on your computer, they may be able to use this data to their advantage. The attackers may be able to steal your identity, using and abusing your personal information for financial gain. A common practice is for attackers to use this type of information once or twice, then sell or trade it to other people. The attackers profit from the sale or trade, and increasing the number of transactions makes it more difficult to trace any activity back to them. The attackers may also alter the security settings on your computer so that they can access and use your computer for other malicious activity.

Are you exposing any other personal information?

While using cookies may be one method for gathering information, the easiest way for attackers to get access to personal information is to ask for it. By representing a malicious site as a legitimate one, attackers may be able to convince you to give them your address, credit card information, social security number, or other personal data (see Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information).

How can you limit the amount of information collected about you?

• Be careful supplying personal information - Unless you trust a site, don't give your address, password, or credit card information. Look for indications that the site uses SSL to encrypt your information (see Protecting Your Privacy for more information). Although some sites require you to supply your social security number (e.g., sites associated with financial transactions such as loans or credit cards), be especially wary of providing this information online.
• Limit cookies - If an attacker can access your computer, he or she may be able to find personal data stored in cookies. You may not realize the extent of the information stored on your computer until it is too late. However, you can limit the use of cookies (see Browsing Safely: Understanding Active Content and Cookies for more information).
• Browse safely - Be careful which web sites you visit; if it seems suspicious, leave the site. Also make sure to take precautions by increasing your security settings (see Evaluating Your Web Browser's Security Settings for more information), keeping your virus definitions up to date (see Understanding Anti-Virus Software for more information), and scanning your computer for spyware (see Recognizing and Avoiding Spyware for more information).

Additional information

• Securing Your Web Browser

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