Quote Originally Posted by {X}Echo419
1. don't go with the idea that you'll graduate and be instantly making the big bucks. ex: the avg. Business major grad makes $32K per year. and you can get a job as a firefighter, garbageman, cop, a damn sales person just about anywhere.

2. don't waste your $$$ on a big name school. studies have shown that it dosen't matter if you went to Harvard or KSU the same degree generally yeilds the same pay.
Funny you mention two high paying jobs there with a few that make a 1/3 of them... my father is a garbage man and he makes 80k a year and my mother cleared 90k by may of 06 and she is in sales

Job titles mean nothing thats the first clue... there are tons of jobs that require no degree that can make you 75-100+ a year: garbageman, crane operator, air traffic controller, etc... sales has always been where the money is but you need to be good at it... you can make 30-200+ realisticly if your good.

Brand name school are good for brand name jobs... you going to be a doctor/lawyer don't go for the easiest school possible b/c the opportunites are greater and more challenging at the larger brand name schools. For jobs like IT most don't care if you have a Tech/UNIV/State degree as long as its a piece of paper.