{"332171":{"#nid":"332171","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ivan Allen College Ranks #5 in Starting Salaries for Liberal Arts Grads","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew graduates from the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts earn the fifth highest starting salaries among those with degrees in humanities and social sciences according to a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/blog\/nerdscholar\/2014\/highest-salaries-liberal-arts\/\u0022\u003Enew report\u003C\/a\u003E released October 6 by NerdWallet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is the second year in a row that the Ivan Allen College has been ranked in the top five for highest salaries, showing an increase of 4.5% since 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA shining star in\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;South, Atlanta\u2019s Georgia Tech is a prestigious public university known for its success in technology and the sciences\u2014and it also produces some of the highest-paid liberal arts grads in the country,\u201d noted the report.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite the reputation of liberal arts \u201cfor providing students with limited career choices in low-paying jobs, some schools have helped their recent graduates take home salaries well above the humanities and social science average,\u201d the report stated. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnique to the College of Liberal Arts is its focus on bridging\u0026nbsp;the gap between the humanities and technology. With an emphasis on research, engineering, and the sciences, along with\u0026nbsp;a culture of innovation and ingenuity, Georgia Tech is an ideal school for those\u0026nbsp;interested in learning about technology\u0026nbsp;through the lens of a liberal arts degree.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Ivan Allen College was one of two public institutions among the Top 15 list which included schools such as Cornell, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NerdWallet ranking was based on self-reported salaries for new graduates averaged from 2011-2014. The report stated that most\u0026nbsp;2014\u0026nbsp;humanities and social sciences graduates are earning about $38,365 per year at their first jobs\u2014an increase of 3.5%\u0026nbsp;from last year\u2019s starting salary, according to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/salary-resources\/salary-survey.aspx\u0022\u003ENational Association of Colleges and Employers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(NACE).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew graduates from the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts earn the fifth highest starting salaries among those with degrees in humanities and social sciences according to a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/blog\/nerdscholar\/2014\/highest-salaries-liberal-arts\/\u0022\u003Enew report\u003C\/a\u003E released October 6 by NerdWallet.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New graduates from the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts earn the fifth highest starting salaries among those with degrees in humanities and social sciences according to a new report released October 6 by NerdWallet."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-10-08 10:43:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:11","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"332151":{"id":"332151","type":"image","title":"#5","body":null,"created":"1449245114","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:05:14","changed":"1475895044","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:44","alt":"#5","file":{"fid":"200388","name":"5.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/5_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/5_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":23480,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/5_0.jpg?itok=eaJzKOaL"}}},"media_ids":["332151"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"955","name":"ivan allen college"},{"id":"950","name":"liberal arts"},{"id":"105801","name":"NerdWallet"},{"id":"171308","name":"Salaries"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}