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Physicians, and Lawyers also hold advanced degrees. Both of these fields have a non-trivial amount of people earning excess $1M a year. It is really hard to c
by swinnipeg 6y ago
Physicians, and Lawyers also hold advanced degrees.
Both of these fields have a non-trivial amount of people earning excess $1M a year.
It is really hard to come up with a useful average when including with History PhD's and Dermatologists as part of the same cohort.
- dahart 6y agoYes you're right, and I mentioned it depends on field of research. I did assume this discussion could be talking about MD or JD degrees as easily as a PhD in general - not for the GP comment, but for the average person thinking about going back to school. The averages aren't that misleading though, since they represent the average choice of degree. If you know you're going to study history, then yes the numbers are too high for you, but the averages are correct for the average person. You're right that a non-trivial number of professional advanced degree holders making more than $1M/yr. There are also many scientists and engineers and business people doing the same. People making more than $1M/year are statistical outliers, as are history PhDs in the U.S. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185353/number-of-doctoral-degrees-by-field-of-research/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/185353/number-of-doctora...