{"id":333,"date":"2018-04-19T15:45:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/19\/2018419jobsaftergraduation\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:44:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:44:48","slug":"2018419jobsaftergraduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/19\/2018419jobsaftergraduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinnipiac students feel the job pressure with graduation looming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Victoria Rutigliano<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n  sqs-gallery-container\n  sqs-gallery-block-grid\n  sqs-gallery-aspect-ratio-square\n  sqs-gallery-thumbnails-per-row-4\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  sqs-gallery-block-meta-only-title\n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  clear\"\n  \n  \n><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-gallery\">\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"Ryan Devaney\"\n                    data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Devaney is still on the job hunt, looking for both theater and non-theater jobs. Money is his driving force in choosing his first job as his hope is to start his own theater with different shows and acapella groups performing.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201cI personally want to work for my own art,\u201d Devaney said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to work to the bone for someone else\u2019s art that they want to create. I want to be able to in my own career, have enough money to be able to have my own theater and put together my own shows.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/30074274_10215534373940910_1758159804_o.jpg\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/30074274_10215534373940910_1758159804_o.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Devaney\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/30074274_10215534373940910_1758159804_o.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/30074274_10215534373940910_1758159804_o.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1365x2048\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.520618556701031,0.3741496598639456\" alt=\"Ryan Devaney\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ac6444a88251b8bef4771c2\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\">Ryan Devaney<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"Victoria Saha\"\n                    data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A fan of watching the news since she was little, Saha\u2019s passion for television grew as she did.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the new year she uprooted her life, moving from the big city New York, to the middle of Wisconsin to start her career as a journalist. This career, as Saha describes being a \u201cpublic servant,\u201d relating it to jobs like a doctor or police officer where you\u2019re always on call, starts out as $12 an hour to be on tv.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sure, it\u2019s not quite minimum wage in the state, but it\u2019s not a salary someone graduating from a school costing $60,000 a year is hoping to make.&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-2.14.48-PM.png\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-2.14.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Victoria Saha\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-2.14.48-PM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-2.14.48-PM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"860x1080\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.49599358974358976,0.35374149659863946\" alt=\"Victoria Saha\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ac6444c2b6a287e50329d1e\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\">Victoria Saha<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"Liam Kenney\"\n                    data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Quinnipiac is the only school in the country with a biomedical marketing major. Kenney\u2019s choice to move into this major came when he discovered physical therapy wasn\u2019t his path.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201cI\u2019d probably make more money than as a physical therapist and I\u2019d be significantly happier,\u201d Kenney said.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Despite switching majors, he\u2019s still been faced with the issue of finding jobs that don\u2019t require a minimum number of years in the industry.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201cIt\u2019s still been very difficult,\u201d Kenney said. &amp;nbsp;\u201cI have this major at this point and I have to look at different sales jobs outside of my realm because of that.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7983.jpg\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7983.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Kenney\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7983.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7983.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"741x960\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.4622511061946903,0.3877551020408163\" alt=\"Liam Kenney\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ac6447d70a6ad82bf6c6c21\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\">Liam Kenney<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"Nik Griswold\"\n                    data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cI wanted to build stuff,\u201d Griswold said.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was as easy as that for Griswold choosing mechanical engineering as his focus. \u201cWhatever you have in your head, you can bring to paper, which is the biggest draw for me.\u2019\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Griswold is taking the summer off to play rugby in New Zealand and is coming back to get his MBA in the fall.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201cI\u2019m trying to take it as easy as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m trying to be young for as long as possible. We have the rest of our lives to work. I don\u2019t have to get a job right away.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3023.jpg\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3023.jpg\" alt=\"Nik Griswold\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3023.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3023.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.6258503401360545,0.4650900900900901\" alt=\"Nik Griswold\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ac644886d2a73caade364c3\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\">Nik Griswold<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"Mike Bonavita\"\n                    data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bonavita chose the major of Film, Television, and Integrated Media because he didn\u2019t want to write for television or be in front of the camera, but he wanted to be a part of television production.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When Bonavita was interning at NBC Philadelphia in 2017, he had to make rent and pay his way on $128 a week. Interns could only work 16 hours and had an $8 an hour wage. He said he needed to do this for the experience.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201cThat was tough to adjust to,\u201d Bonavita said. \u201cI\u2019m from Massachusetts so not only did I have to find a place to live in Philadelphia but I had to find a way to commute, pay for gas, eat, the basic amenities of life.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201cWhether you\u2019re in journalism or production, you\u2019re expected to move away from home,\u201d Bonavita said.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After graduation, Bonavita hopes to continue down the television production path for either a university\u2019s communications school or with a news station.&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3045.jpg\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3045.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Bonavita\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3045.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3045.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.43537414965986393,0.8795045045045045\" alt=\"Mike Bonavita\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ac644952b6a287e5032adb7\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\">Mike Bonavita<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"Janine Jay\"\n                    data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jay has been an application developer for Cigna in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the past year. She was awarded the Anita Borg Scholarship in 2017 to attend the Grace Hopper Celebrating, which is a women in computing conference held yearly, and was one of more than 600 students around the world to attend the conference.&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0567.jpg\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0567.jpg\" alt=\"Janine Jay\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0567.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0567.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.4421768707482993,0.6993243243243243\" alt=\"Janine Jay\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ac644ae562fa77b6e7893e0\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\">Janine Jay<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"James Studley\"\n                    data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cI knew I wanted to go into business but I didn\u2019t know what side of business, and I would go between computer science and business and I just kept looking at everything I thought I could see myself doing,\u201d Studley said. \u201cIt kind of blended everything technical but still in business so I thought it was a good blend.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After spending two summers interning for Fidelity Investments in Boston, Studley will head to North Carolina in June as a part of a 14 week training period for new full-time employees.&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-9.51.34-AM.png\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-9.51.34-AM.png\" alt=\"James Studley\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-9.51.34-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-9.51.34-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"708x688\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"James Studley\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ac66222562fa7e0a69207dc\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\">James Studley<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    data-title=\"\"\n                    data-description=\"\"\n                    data-lightbox-theme=\"dark\"\n                    href=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-12-at-10.31.31-AM.png\"\n                    role=\"button\"\n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                      js-gallery-lightbox-opener\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"v6-visually-hidden\">View fullsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-12-at-10.31.31-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-12 at 10.31.31 AM.png\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-12-at-10.31.31-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-12-at-10.31.31-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"598x676\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.4926049618320611,0.7006802721088435\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-12 at 10.31.31 AM.png\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5acf6de6f950b77b26f835e5\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-slide-title\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"design-grid-css\">\n#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1522940077465_18905 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid { margin-right: -9px; }\n#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1522940077465_18905 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid-slide .margin-wrapper { margin-right: 9px; margin-bottom: 9px; }\n<\/style>\n<blockquote><p><em>Click each picture to learn more about the graduates.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Purchasing a small home in Wallingford, buying a brand new luxury Audi and the tuition for a private school in Connecticut. What do these all have in common? They cost upwards of $70,000.<\/p>\n<p>This year Trinity College in Hartford <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2018\/02\/22\/this-college-connecticut-now-costs-more-than-per-year-attend\/K7QYoXWyqandY26wXYmtlJ\/story.html\">raised its tuition<\/a> and fees to this hefty price tag and it\u2019s not the only school that is increasing tuition.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2000.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<p>          <a\n              class=\"\n                sqs-block-image-link\n                \n          \n        \n              \"\n              href=\"https:\/\/www.qu.edu\/life\/now\/undergraduate-commencement-arts-and-sciences-2017.html\"\n              target=\"_blank\"\n          ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:66.64999389648438%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/30_image-asset.jpg\" alt=\"Quinnipiac Commencement 2017, Credit: Quinnipiac University\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/30_image-asset.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/30_image-asset.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1333\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.6192336309523809,0.5059523809523809\" alt=\"Quinnipiac Commencement 2017, Credit: Quinnipiac University\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ace1c15758d467950ee1163\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<p>          <\/a><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Quinnipiac Commencement 2017, Credit: Quinnipiac University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the 2017-18 school year, the price for both tuition and room and board at Quinnipiac University was $63,770 with tuition growing by 6.5 percent from the school year before, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/collegenavigator\/?q=quinnipiac&amp;s=all&amp;id=130226\"> National Center for Education Statistics<\/a>. While 95 percent of students receive aid and 93 percent attain scholarships, this still means most students will be in debt of more than six figures upon graduation, according to NCES.<\/p>\n<p>With the price tag of a degree so high, some students say they feel pressure to major in a field where they\u2019ll make enough money to pay back their loans and may decide to choose a job outside their path to make enough to support themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But many students say they are aware of the costs and still only put some thought into their future salaries when choosing their major, according to a survey of 59 Quinnipiac students.<\/p>\n<figure\n          class=\"\n            sqs-block-image-figure\n            image-block-outer-wrapper\n            image-block-v2\n            design-layout-stack\n            \n            \n            \n            image-position-left\n            image-linked\n          \"\n          data-scrolled\n          data-test=\"image-block-v2-outer-wrapper\"\n      ><\/p>\n<div class=\"intrinsic\">\n<div\n          \n              \n              class=\"\n                \n                image-inset\n                \n                  content-fit\n                \n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              data-description=\"\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-11.55.09-AM.png\" alt=\" - \" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n            <img data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-11.55.09-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-11.55.09-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1376x680\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-06 at 11.55.09 AM.png\"  \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2017, 43 students graduated from Quinnipiac with a journalism degree.<\/p>\n<p>The average salary for a news reporter in the market size of 151 and higher, which are the stations with the least number of viewers per area, is $26,000 according to the Radio Television Digital News Association. Usually, entry-level reporters must start in a small market in order to build their reputations and improve their on-air presence.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Saha, who graduated in 2017, is one of these people.<\/p>\n<p>As a multimedia news reporter for WAOW in Wausau, Wisconsin, Saha is an hourly employee making $12 an hour. If she signs a two-year contract after her three month &nbsp;\u201ctrial\u201d when she and the station decide if she should continue, she will be making $24,000 a year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/foodshare\/fpl.htm\">Wisconsin Department of Health Services<\/a>, any salary below $24,120 can qualify for food stamps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of sad, no?\u201d Saha asked. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t really cut it, you know, with taxes and everything. I mean the cost of living here is cheap, but sometimes I feel like it\u2019s not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saha applied to more than 300 jobs and was without work from the time she graduated in May until she was hired seven months later.<\/p>\n<p>While this salary isn\u2019t one any student would hope to start out with, Lila Carney, the director of advising and student development for the Quinnipiac School of Communications, said this is something students in this field usually know going in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think students in journalism are aware of the fact that those first jobs in no-mans-land may not pay all that great,\u201d Carney said. \u201cBut if you do a little bit of sacrificing eventually you make it to a market where you are making OK money. So that little time that you\u2019re sacrificing is generally a short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the time you are a child, you\u2019re asked who you want to be when you grow up. You\u2019re told to \u201creach for the stars\u201d and \u201cfollow your dreams.\u201d When you apply for college you\u2019re told to find what you love.<\/p>\n<h2>But you\u2019re never told that doing what you love could mean a salary where you could qualify for food stamps.<\/h2>\n<p>From one end of the communications department to another, Mike Bonavita is feeling the same struggle.<\/p>\n<p>Bonavita, a senior film major, said if you want to make it in film, you know you\u2019ll probably be starting as an assistant or in the mail room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s basically where you want to be and there\u2019s a lot of success stories that come out of the mail room,\u201d Bonavita said. \u201cIn film as a (production assistant) you\u2019re not making much. The film industry is tricky that if you\u2019re really dedicated and you really want to do it you\u2019re going to be working the crappy hours and the crappy days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the job front isn&#8217;t just an issue for communications majors.<\/p>\n<p>When you think of someone starting out in acting, \u201cstruggling\u201d is probably a word that comes to mind. It\u2019s no secret it\u2019s tough to break into this job.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Devaney, a senior theater arts major, knows this too.<\/p>\n<p>In his first year out of college he hopes to buy a computer, purchase editing software and get a microphone to start a YouTube channel to play songs.<\/p>\n<p>This stepping stone for him is just one step toward his dream of opening his own theater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of that can happen unless I have a stable income,\u201d Devaney said. \u201cI won\u2019t be able to create my art unless I have a job. It will happen on my off time that I deal with creating art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But finding that job is also something he has found issue with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now I don\u2019t have anything set currently in my mind,\u201d Devaney said. He also knows he has a little more leeway than other people in his major to find a job since his father is a public safety officer at the university and thus he went to school tuition free.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/poll-majority-millennials-are-debt-hitting-pause-major-life-events-n862376\">NBC News<\/a>, three in every four millenials,&nbsp;or people born between 1981 and 1996, are in some type of debt, whether this debt be through student loans or credit card debt.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Daly, an assistant professor of theater at Quinnipiac, knows that the school comes with a hefty price tag which could keep theater majors from wanting to come to an expensive school like Quinnipiac. For this reason, he said the department will be starting a theater three-plus-one program this fall so students can follow their passion in obtaining a theater degree while also graduating with a masters in business.<\/p>\n<p>But working the smaller jobs is no surprise to a theater major, and with just 16 people in the department, each student is taught that in this major, you must follow three points to succeed, according to Daly. Constantly working on your art, networking with people in your chosen industry and using &#8220;survivability skills&#8221; &#8211; like finding a job outside of film to have a stable income &#8211; Daly said are imperative to finding a job as an artist.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, Daly advises his student to double major in other specialties like communications, film or even math to help them find jobs that will pay while also working on their art and networking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"dc03f26b-af28-4618-be46-5d559904f5d9\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"College Major Salaries\"><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(e,t,n,s){var i=\"InfogramEmbeds\",o=e.getElementsByTagName(t)[0],d=\/^http:\/.test(e.location)?\"http:\":\"https:\";if(\/^\\\/{2}\/.test(s)&&(s=d+s),window[i]&&window[i].initialized)window[i].process&&window[i].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var a=e.createElement(t);a.async=1,a.id=n,a.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(a,o)}}(document,\"script\",\"infogram-async\",\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/dc03f26b-af28-4618-be46-5d559904f5d9\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\">College Major Salaries<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Infogram<\/a><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not just a matter of landing a job that pays a livable wage, it may also be a matter of finding a job at all in tight markets.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Kenney, a senior biomedical marketing major, &nbsp;is as worried as Devaney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been quite the struggle at this point,\u201d Kenney said. \u201cA lot of the pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, they want experience. It\u2019s difficult to find that experience because we\u2019re entry level people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenney said once he does nail down a job, starting salaries in his business aren\u2019t what he hoped they would be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard because when you start off in marketing and sales you start off with very low pay,\u201d Kenney said after applying for one job at $45,000. &nbsp;\u201cYou don\u2019t make commission in your first year and after your first year they cut you salary by $10,000 because you can start making commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Bonavita and Kenney expressed their struggles with finding a job that paid the bills while also making enough to pay off Quinnipiac\u2019s large tuition and student loans.<\/p>\n<p>When students come into school, they often aren\u2019t thinking about finding a job when they graduate because it\u2019s so far down the line. For some majors like with Devaney, Kenney and Saha, a job is tough to find, but with others a job is everything but guaranteed when they graduate.<\/p>\n<p>All majors pay the same tuition, but some have better starting opportunities than others.<\/p>\n<p>In a Quinnipiac survey about majors and salaries, the majority of respondents said they felt very confident they\u2019d attain a job after graduation with only two respondents saying they felt very uncertain about getting a job.<\/p>\n<figure\n          class=\"\n            sqs-block-image-figure\n            image-block-outer-wrapper\n            image-block-v2\n            design-layout-stack\n            \n            \n            \n            image-position-left\n            \n          \"\n          data-scrolled\n          data-test=\"image-block-v2-outer-wrapper\"\n      ><\/p>\n<div class=\"intrinsic\">\n<div\n          \n              \n              class=\"\n                \n                image-inset\n                \n                  content-fit\n                \n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              data-description=\"\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-11.52.32-AM.png\" alt=\" - The poll went from one being very likely to five being very unlikely.\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n            <img data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-11.52.32-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-06-at-11.52.32-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1456x676\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-06 at 11.52.32 AM.png\"  \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-card-wrapper\" data-width-ratio>\n<div class=\"image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\"\n                \n  data-animation-override\n><\/p>\n<p>The poll went from one being very likely to five being very unlikely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Quinnipiac School of Communications and Engineering might hold classes for both majors, but once the classroom doors close and the jobs start, the majors couldn\u2019t be more different.<\/p>\n<p>Nik Griswold, a mechanical engineering major, chose to major in engineering when he arrived on campus rather than his initial choice of business because there are more opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to get a job so I picked engineering,\u201d Griswold said. \u201cDemand is high, where the world is going to is very (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)&nbsp;based. Everybody wants to be technical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Janine Jay, a computer software engineering major already has a job after graduation with Liberty Mutual Insurance in Boston after meeting with a representative at the Grace Hopper Celebration this year in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>She chose between three job offers. Jay said while engineering does have monetary benefits and she knew a starting salary was around $50,000 and moves up fast, she went in to engineering because for her, it was just fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile everyone else was taking exams, I was building a video game,\u201d Jay said.<\/p>\n<p>Like Jay, James Studley, a computer information systems major, accepted his first job before his senior year began, accepting an offer to work as a systems engineer for Fidelity Investments in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>According to Studley and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.payscale.com\/research\/US\/Job=Systems_Engineer%2c_IT\/Salary\/2b352c7a\/Entry-Level\">Payscale.com<\/a>, the average salary for a CIS major coming out of Quinnipiac is about $65,000 with a $5,000 signing bonus. Studley will be starting out making $68,500 with a $5,000 signing bonus and will have $2,000 worth of his student loans paid for by Fidelity every year for five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it made this year, it like took so much stress off,\u201d Studley said. \u201cI would be a lot more stressed right now if I was looking for a job especially with student loans starting up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the combination of tuition, room and board and fees costing close to $70,000 at private schools in Connecticut, some majors at Quinnipiac feel pressure to major in a job that will bring in enough money to pay back their student loans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,6],"tags":[200,4,199],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capstone-projects","category-quinnipiac","tag-graduation","tag-quinnipiac","tag-tuition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2764,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}