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Class of 2025 Salary Projections Show Mixed Results Despite Strong Job Market

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Engineering graduates continue to command the highest starting salaries, with projections up 2.6% Within engineering disciplines, computer engineering ($82,565) and software engineering ($82,536) top the list with projected increases of 6.5% to an average of $78,731. and 5.8%, respectively. from last year.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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Latinos are key when it comes the nation’s engineering and technology workforce, according to a new joint report from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC). anticipates a coming shortage of workers in engineering and tech – there are projected to be 10.9 are immense.

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Digital workforce: Bachelor’s in computing beats out engineering and finance for best-paying jobs

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Credentials holders in computer-related fields, such as computer science, computer engineering and computer and information sciences, are the country’s most lucrative students early into their careers, according to Department of Education data compiled by The HEA Group and College Scorecard.

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CURTIS REYNOLDS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curtis Reynolds Curtis Reynolds has been named vice president of business and finance and chief financial officer at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Reynolds holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well as an MBA from the University of Alabama.

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Dr. Michael P. Shannon Appointed President of The University of North Georgia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shannon Shannon is currently interim executive vice president for administration and finance and interim chief business officer for Georgia Tech. and assistant professor in the physics and nuclear engineering department at the U.S. in nuclear and radiological engineering from Georgia Tech. Dr. Michael P.

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Brown University Launches Revamped and Expanded Career Services Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These sectors include health and medicine; law; technology; finance and consulting; arts and media; science and engineering; and careers in the common good — nonprofit, government, education, policy, and climate change. Brown’s expansion of its career services center involves hiring more than a dozen new staff.

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Engineering majors earn top salaries for grads—with a caveat

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The starting salaries for recent bachelor’s degree earners, however, show that while universities are quickly preparing for a new workforce, traditional pathways in engineering are still the most lucrative positions for the young workforce. Finance – $66,000 11. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). from last year.