The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-31

New Haven, Conn, March 3O.- The average salary of Yale man four years after graduation is ap- proximately ss,OOO. according to a study of the classes of 1926 of Yale college and the Sheffield scientific school being made by the depart- ment of personal study at Yale, in conjunction with the Yale Graduate Placement Bureau, of New York city. This study was undertaken by the department as part of it's re- search program of collecting infor- nation about business and profess sional occupations, and making it available to students and counselors.
 Inquiries were sent to these gradu- ates in order to obtain information about occupational histories. The in- quiries covered the individuals oc- cupational history since graduation, his present point of view regarding various elements in his undergradu- ate experience and his opinion of the field in which he is at present located.
 Two hundred and ninety-six of the 622 graduates, or AS per cent of the class, returned blanks, filled out in usable form. The returns included 91 from men in profession al life, 93 in finance and commerce, 94 in manufa curing and public utilities, and IS from miscellaneous sources. They were sent in from countries as distant as Poland, China and Rhodesia, although the majority came from states east of the Missis- sippi Those occupations having the, greatest percentage of return were teaching and public utilities. The smallest percentage of return GAO per cent), as might be expected, came from those groups (doctors and lawyers) who were still engaged in professional study or had 50 re- gently completed 1t that their sub- sequent career had scarcely been begun.
 For purposes of comparison, the questionnaires were divided into groups: according to whether the man was graduated from Yale col lege or the Sheffield Scientific school; whether or not he had ap- piled to the Bureau of Appointments for placement upon graduation; whether or not his present position is with a concern in which his own family has an interest, whether or not he had been prominent in class work or extra-curriculum activities.
 Men going into business controlled by their families are making about seven hundred dollars year more than those in non-family businesses. Excluding these men in family con- cerns. since their situation does not apply to the typical. college gradu-. ate, it was found that graduates of the Sheffield Scientific school are making about $200 year more than those of Yale college; and those who had registered with the Bureau of Appointments about 8 hundred dol- lars year more than those who had not.
 Classified according to occupations the returns indicate that commercial pursuits such as merchandising, ad- vertfsing, commercial transportation and general office work lead with an average salary of almost $4,000 a year. After them are the fi- nancial occupations, banking, in- vestment securities, real estate and insurance with approximately $3,600 and close behind these manufactur- ing and engineering. Teaching with an average return of $2,100 year brings up the rear.
 If the type or function of work, rather than the occupation is con- sidered, it appears that the best paid form of work is selling, in which the average annual return reported was $4,200. Selling, for example. leads non-selling activities in both fi-