Study Shows: Equal Earnings for Men and Women

by Claudine Vainrub, Principal of EduPlan / Tuesday, 10 December 2013 / Published in College Admissions, Diversity, EduPlan Recommends Reading About..., Grad School, Jobs, MBA Admissions, Recent

EduPlan, your college admissions counselor would like to share another interesting study related to education, published on the insidehighered.com, written by Scott Jaschik. The article describes how certain fields of study help women earn salaries as high as the salaries men earn, based on a recent study.

Your college admissions counselor guides you in the right direction by helping you select a career that will be a good fit for you. This information will come in handy especially when you are still deciding which career might suit you better in your college admissions process.

According to the report, women on average earn about 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Based on this article, there is a correlation between the salary women earn and the career they choose to pursue. “The research arrives at a time of much debate over how much students should be encouraged to enroll in certain fields”, states the report.

The entire article can be read following the link below, which includes the abstract recently published in The Review of Higher Education.