[TriLUG] OT: Education

[Rick DeNatale]

On 9/23/05, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/23/05, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > great anecdote...now, what are the socioeconomic breakouts by degree
> > (none, HS, GED, BS, MS, PhD, multiple) relative to income....
> >
> > William
>
> An interesting factoid is that when you look at average salary
> by degree of graduates of UNC Chapel Hill, Geography
> tops out the list.  Yep, on average, the highest paying
> degree out of Carolina is Geography.  Of course, it
> really needs a footnote mentioning a certain recipient
> of a Carolina Geography degree ...
>
> Micheal Jordan
>
> His salary alone is enough to pull geography
> up to the top!

Actually, I don't know that MJ actually pulls down that much of a
SALARY anymore. Income is another thing,  And wealth distribution in
the US is even more l-shaped than income distribution.