The dream of many college graduates—to earn a good-enough starting salary to pay off student loans without being rendered homeless or forced into starvation—comes easier or harder depending on where they graduate.
With that in mind, which American colleges offer the worst possible opportunity for a earning a decent entry-level salary, and which offer the best?
Have you even been watching a University of Purdue football or basketball game and found yourself wondering what their nickname, the Boilermakers, means?
According to legend, the nickname dates back to the late-19th century when the school perennially routed nearby Wabash College at football, and Wabash supporters wound up hurling derogatory names at their competition. The town began calling the Purdue team things like "a great big burly gang of corn-huskers," "rail-splitters," "foundry molders" and "log-haulers."
It's true -- everybody likes Psy's 'Gangnam Style.' This latest (and perhaps most impressive) version is performed by the Ohio University marching band. And although Korean rap doesn't necessarily translate to
It is a given that college graduates make more money. In fact, according to a new OECD study the average college graduate in America earns over $20,000 a year more than their counterparts without a degree, making the United States one of the best countries in the world to have completed college.
But it turns out there are even more benefits to college.
August 26, 2012 Maine’s Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, offers the best campus food in the country. That according to a new surevey released by the Princeton Review. According to Delish.com "...the cafeteria caters to vegetarians and carnivores alike. And students get to take charge by decorating their own cupcakes, designing their own omelets, and squeezing their own glasses of fresh OJ."