Universities still matter
I’ve talked about how how graduates can improve their chances of getting a job, but don’t forget which course you do, and where you do the course matters. There’s an interesting article in the Telegraph about Britain’s highest paying degrees, according to UK graduate salaries. The top 20 courses were:
The top 20 is made up of 12 universities, with Cambridge, Oxford and LSE topping the charts.
The top 20 is made up of 7 courses.
All universities aren’t equal
The salary variation for the same course at different universities is astounding:
“Business and management degrees offer the widest gap between the best and worst paid courses in the country, with the average across all courses being £28,500 - less than half the average salary of the Oxford course and just above the average earnings for all graduates of £27,400.”1
The same old top universities continue to dominate, and no matter how important technology has become, the traditional subjects of economics and law are still up. Your choice of course and university matters.