Bachelors Degree

Congratulations Class of 2013! And condolences. You are joining the elite brigade of recession-era graduates, with wages that researchers say will be depressed for years to come! For this luckless group, AOL Jobs thought it would offer a silver lining. At least you maybe weren't the worst of the worst. Check ...

Fifty-four percent of college graduates under 25 are unemployed or doing a job that doesn't require a college degree: waiter, retail clerk, receptionist, and so on. That is according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press. People can debate what's causing that horrific statistic ...

By Debra Auerbach A college major gives a student direction and builds a foundation of knowledge for his future career. Yet it doesn't always define what industry he'll work in post-college. For instance, a journalism major may end up working as a communications director in the health-care industry, or a ...

By Susan Ricker Getting a good job in health care doesn't necessarily require a doctoral degree. It's possible to help people feel their best and care for their health with a bachelor's degree. A bachelor's degree can help you form a solid career in health care or take you to the next step in pursuing a ...

More bad news for college grads and parents about to plunk down thousands in tuition: Salaries for workers with bachelor's degrees began steadily declining even before the recession. An analysis by Jared Bernstein, an economist and blogger, shows that the Great Recession accelerated the decline in income -- ...

If the stagnant job market has an upside, it may be this: college students (and likely their parents) are taking a hard look at which degrees will result in lasting, good paying jobs. Unfortunately for art and history majors, the best money-making careers these days are in more pragmatic fields, focused ...

Having worked their way through four years of school, many recent college graduates are eager to find jobs with a decent paycheck. And so are their parents. But which colleges offer the best bang for the buck? A new report by PayScale, which tracks data on employee compensation, crunched the numbers. It ...

By Sarah Perez, TechCrunch Looking to rethink the resume, a startup called Seelio is opening its doors today to anyone with a .edu email address. The company, which spun out of an existing service called TruApp, wants to offer college students a better way to showcase their work via online portfolios ...

In this era of high unemployment, many parents and students wonder which college degrees pay off -- and which don't. A recent study by Georgetown University Center on Education looked at earnings and unemployment rates among recent and seasoned degree holders as well as those with graduate degrees and found ...