1. Starting salary offers to new college graduates continue to rise, especially for business majors, reflecting the positive job market for Class of 2007 graduates according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Starting salaries for business grads showed one the biggest increases from last year, rising by 7.5% to $44,048. The average salary for economics graduates ($53,500) was the highest-paid business degree, followed by finance ($47,877), accounting ($47,421), and marketing ($41,285). Liberal arts graduates were offered $31,333 on average, 1.2% more than last year.
2. From the WSJ, "Employers are paying the typical four-year college graduate 75% more than they pay high-school grads. Twenty-five years ago, they were paying 40% more."3. The current (March) unemployment rate for college grads is only 1.8%, a 6-year low.
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