Exploration into the Starting and Mid-Career Salaries for US state

Schools

Dot Map Showing Starting and Mid-Career Salaries Around the US

Top 10 mid career median salary avg

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Bottom 10 mid career median salaries

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This is a map of State school in the United States. The more orange dots represent schools that have a migher mid career median salary and the
white dots represent schools with a lpwer median mid career salary. To explore each dot, hover the mouse above the dot. To use the sliders,
either click and slide the dot left tp right, or click on the left or right arrow to see the 10 highest and lowest mid career median salaries. Make
sure atleast one of the sliders is always set to all. One takeaway that can be gained from the map is that a the schools that have the highest
median salaries tend to either be on the west coast or northeast, with some exceptions.

Scatter Plot with Linear Trend Line Scatter Plot with Logarithmic Trend line

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The scatter plots show the mid career median salary in relation to the starting median salary for state schools in the United states. Both trend
lines fit the data well based on the eye test and cannot determine which one is better without further testing. The school that performed the best
as far as salaries are concerned is the University of California, Berkley. The school that performed the worst is Morehead State University in
Morehead Kentucky. One school that performed below what the median starting salary and the line of best fit predicted was Tarleton State Univ..