NZ高等教育成果报告出炉,哪些专业最具“钱途”?

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援引NZ Herald消息不同专业的学生,毕业后的薪酬状况有何不同?教育部最新发布的高等教育调查报告显示,在所有学科中,医学和药学专业的学生“钱途”最为看好,创意艺术类学科学生则最穷。



  教育部最近公布的这份高等教育成果报告旨在为那些在挑选学科上犹豫不决的学生们提供相关参考,同时也将有效帮助政府部门对其每年投入在高等教育产业的数亿拨款收效做出评估。


  这份基于2012财政年度的数据综合得出的报告结果显示,不同专业的毕业生,每年入账的薪酬可能天差地别。


  

本科毕业5年后薪酬中位数最高的职业分别为:医学研究($110,300)、药学($73,000)和放射成像学($70,400)。与之形成鲜明对比的,是创意艺术类学科毕业的学生们,在拿到学士学位5年后,该学科学生的收入中位数仅仅只有$42,900。


  高等教育部长Steven Joyce说,这一调查数字,或许能帮助学生们更好的决定自己的职业路径。“不少实用类学科的学位,例如工程类、药学类和医学类,都拥有非常好的‘钱景’,如果你是Year10或Year11的年轻学生,在看到这些数字后,你大概会想,我最好还是老老实实学好科学和数学。”


  

去年,奥克兰大学的艺术学院曾表示,政府此举有“厚此薄彼”之嫌,如果艺术类课程的重要性进一步被漠视和边缘化,那么,新西兰很可能不再是一个“信息自由且周全的公民社会”。


  然而,Steven Joyce却否认政府此举意在引导学生流向某些特定学科,而且,那些所谓“政府引导学科”,例如科学、技术、工程和数学等,尽管已经占去了院校经费的大头,但仍然一直存有资金不足的状况。


  这一调查报告显示,学生的收入与学历的高低程度成正比,与没拿到学位的毕业生相比,拥有至少一个学位的毕业生的收入要高得多。以例为证:在毕业5年后,拥有学士学位的年轻人的薪酬中位数要比15——64岁年龄段的全国居民薪酬中位数高出46%。


  此外,就业率也与居民持有的证书和受教育水平息息相关。在毕业7年后,仅仅只有极少数拿到了diploma及以上学业证书的人因失业而申领福利。



以下是NZ Herald英文报道


Salary range reveals best courses for students



How much graduates in different fields of study can expect to earn has been revealed - and the Government says it should make school students stick with science and mathematics.


The Ministry of Education report on the outcomes of tertiary study is completed to add to the information available for those deciding what to study. It also helps the Government assess the value it gets for the billions of dollars invested in the tertiary sector each year.


The report - which looked at a period up to the end of the 2012 tax year - found that earnings varied considerably by field of study.


The top choices in terms of median earnings for young bachelors graduates five years after leaving study are medical studies ($110,300), pharmacy ($73,000), and radiography ($70,400).


At the other end, graduates in creative arts brought in median earnings of $42,900.


Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said the figures should help young people choose a career.


"Some of the applied degrees - engineering, pharmacy and medicine - are still attracting very significant premiums.


"If you are a young person, perhaps at year 10 and 11, and looking at this sort of data you'd probably be saying, 'I'd better stay with my science and maths'."


This year's Budget will lower tertiary tuition fees for science, agriculture and some health science courses. The Government has previously incentivised engineering courses.


Last year the University of Auckland arts faculty warned the nation could lose an "informed and thoughtful citizenry" if the benefits of an arts degree continued to be marginalised, with academics arguing the Government was playing favourites.

However, Mr Joyce denied that was an attempt to push students into certain courses, and said some of the so-called "Stem" subjects - science, technology, engineering and maths - had historically been underfunded, despite costing institutions more to run.


Overall, yesterday's report found that earnings increase with the level of qualification completed, with a jump in earnings between those with at least a degree and those without.


For example, five years after finishing study, the median earnings of young people with a bachelor degree is 46 per cent above the national median earnings for those aged 15 to 64 years.


Employment rates were also found to increase with the level of qualification gained, and very few young people with a qualification at diploma level or above went on to receive a benefit in the first seven years after study.


It did not look at the cost of qualifications, which can vary significantly.


For example, completing a bachelor of medicine at the University of Auckland takes six years at a rough cost of $76,000 in tuition fees (based on 2014 fees).


A bachelor of arts takes half as long at around $18,600 in tuition fees.


Increases in average wages have started to get back to pre-recession rates for the population as a whole, but the report found earnings have not moved to the same extent for young graduates and in some cases have dropped in real terms.


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