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The post-secondary employment outcomes or PSEO
provide data on earnings and employment for recent graduates of colleges and
universities. Now, states, universities prospective students and alumni have the
opportunity to see national earnings by degree. This allows students to temper
expectations, alumni to negotiate future salaries and institutions to better
prepare their stude nts for future careers. The LEHD program within the U.S.
Census Bureau has created a small, lightweight web application to interact
with the PSEO earnings data for graduates with
bachelor's degrees. Initially, we see earnings for graduates, between 2004 and
2006, of the University of Colorado at Boulder with degrees in: Aerospace,
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Anthropology, Applied
Mathematics and Architectural Engineering. In the top of the left panel
the State University System can be selected. As of 2018 only Texas and
Colorado are available but more data is in production. In the drop-down below are
all of the universities with PSEO data available in that particular state. For
now, leave the selected University as the University of Colorado at Boulder.
At the bottom of the screen we see all the fields of study available in the PSEO
data for students at this university. Selecting any degree will add or remove
it from the chart above. Let's remove Architectural Engineering and add
Economics.
Looking at the chart and the legend we can see that the average
alumni with a bachelor's degree in economics earns approximately 38,000
dollars one year after graduation $60,000 after five years and 88,000
dollars ten years after graduation. All earnings values are
inflation-adjusted and are reflected here in 2016 dollars.
Looking to the left we see which shades of blue correspond to which bar in the
bar chart. In PSEO, earnings data are displayed at either the 25th, 50th or
75th percentile. These can be changed at any time by clicking on one of the
available options. To see these percentiles side by side click on the
percentage icon under Compare Earnings By.
Earnings data is now displayed for
all available percentiles side by side for degree holders five years after
graduation. Notice that the color and legend have changed to reflect our
comparison. The filter buttons below now show one year, five years and ten years
post-grad.
Lastly, the cohort selection options shows earnings data for
graduates of different years. For example, earnings for students after
the 2008 recession may be different than those before.
Notice that the degrees we selected earlier are still displayed. Adjusting
the Graduate Cohort can show how earnings changed over time for students
with identical degrees from the same institution.
These same statistics are
available for any university in the PSEO data.
Visit the PSEO page or
visualization to explore the data in more depth. More universities will appear
as they become available. Earnings data for advanced degrees, associate's degrees
and certificate programs can be found in the data files available on the website.
You can find the link to the application and data in the description below or you
can search for post-secondary employment outcomes on census.gov or in your
favorite search engine.
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