Future Income Depends More on What You Study Than Where You Study

A student walks around the University of New South Wales campus in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 1, 2020. AP Photo/Mark Baker

A new comprehensive analysis on Australian graduate income sourced from tax data reveal that the chosen course of study plays a more important role than the institution a student studies at in determining future salary.

The findings, published on Nov. 5, analyses the 2018 income data of the student cohorts that graduated in 2007 and 2016.