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Find the right degree

The other half of the decision: every major, by category, with what it pays five years out, school by school.

Find the right degree in Pioneer Pennant Process

Steps

  1. Open The Process menu, then Find a degree, and pick a category or search a major by name.
  2. Each major lists the schools that graduate students in it, with the number of graduates a year and the median pay five years after graduation from the College Scorecard.
  3. Filter by division or state to see which softball schools offer it.
  4. Open a school to see that major next to the softball program, the cost, and the outcomes.

What good looks like

A shortlist of schools where the degree is real (dozens of graduates a year, not two) and the pay is known, before anyone falls in love with a logo.

Mistakes we see

  • Assuming a school offers the major because it is a big school. Some do not; the list is built from actual graduates.
  • Ignoring the graduates-per-year number. A program with three graduates a year is a program that might not be there in four years.

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