INCOME OF COLLEGE GRADUATES TEN YEARS AFTER GRADUATION

The class of '99 Dartmouth College has one hundred living members in the following occupations: Business, 25; Teaching, 23; Medicine, 14; Law, 13; Engineering, 10; Journalism, 2; Railroading, 2; Farming, 2; Study, 2; Clergyman, 1; Chemist, 1; Mining, 1; Librarian, 1; Unclassified, 3.

The class might be called average. Some were poor, and some were able to live comfortably in college, but every one has had to. make his own way in his profession. At the decennial reunion last June, and by mail shortly afterwards, reports were received from sixty-seven of the men stating their incomes for the preceding year. The thirty-three from whom no facts were received are probably getting less income than the average of the class, but I do not think they would lower the average greatly.

The results show an income considerably higher than was thought by those whom I have consulted as to the probable income,

Looking at the plot we see that five men get less than $1000, with an average of $832; fourteen men from $1000 to $1500, with an average of $1209; eighteen from $1500 to $2000, with an average of $1689; thirteen from $2000 to to $2500, with an average of $2178.60; six from $2500 to $3000, with an average of $2616; and one or two in each of the next five hundred dollar groups to one man who got $7000+. The average income for the class was $2097.25. The average for the fifty-six who got less than $3000, i. e., 83 per cent of those reported, is $1705.70. Forty men are below the average for the sixty-seven who reported.

In the plot the number of persons in each five hundred dollar group is shown at the point of average income, and also we have the income of each individual.

The commercial value of a college education is often discussed, and it would be a matter of interest if a considerable number of statistics of this sort could be secured.