Job prospects for the graduating class of 2013 are looking better than at any time since 2008, according to a NPR news report – and that goes for graduates from high school as well as community and four-year colleges.
NPR reports that companies plan to hire about 2.1% more college graduates from class of 2013, and will offer the graduates an overall starting salary of $44,928, or more than 5% more than they were offered in 2012.
NPR based the story on a spring survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
Despite the good news, job prospects greatly depend on which fields graduates enter. According to NACE, college graduates starting careers in the health sciences are being offered salaries 9.4% higher than they were in 2012. On the other hand, college graduates in the humanities and social sciences are receiving offers of only 1.9% more than last year.
