Exploration of Starting and Mid-Career Salaries for U.S.

State Schools

Dot Map Showing Starting and Mid-Career Salaries Around the U.S.

Top 10 Mid-Career Salary

All

Bottom 10 Mid-Career Salary

All

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This is a map of average mid-career salaries for state schools all around the country. The larger dots on the map represent the schools
having a higher medium mid-career salary. The darker dots on the map represent having a higher medium starting salary. You can use
the sliders on the map to see the top 10 schools for medium mid-career salaries and the same with the bottom 10 schools by clicking
the arrow to "in." Make sure both sliders are not on "In" at the same time. This map shows us the West has most of the top mid-career
salaries while the bottom salaries are those schools following the border between the midwest and south of the U.S.

Scatter Plot with Linear Trend Line Scatter Plot with Logarithmic Trend Line
Mid-Career Median Salary
Mid-Career Median Salary

$100,000 $100,000

$80,000 $80,000

$60,000 $60,000

$35,000 $40,000 $45,000 $50,000 $55,000 $35,000 $40,000 $45,000 $50,000 $55,000

Starting Median Salary Starting Median Salary

The scatter plots above show the starting median salary in schools across the U.S. over time with mid-career salaries. A linear and logarithmic
trend line was fit to the scatterplots and the logarithmic trend line appears to move better with the data. University of California, Berkeley
performed way higher in mid-career salary than its starting median and is easy to notice being above the top right of the logarithmic trend line.
Meanwhile, Tarleton State University underperformed in comparison to other schools based on the trend line and difference between starting
median and mid-career salary.