Seattle and Washington colleges: The best deals
This slideshow ranks 13 major colleges in Washington by return on investment . It looks at in-state and out-of-state tuition, which is why some schools appear twice.
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Advances in technology and business practices have created new high-paying job positions that were almost unimaginable 10 years ago.
View ArticleWill Half Of Colleges In USA Close?
Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has predicted that as many as half of the more than 4,000 universities and colleges in the U.S. may fail in the next 15 years.
View ArticleWhat's the ROI for a college degree in Texas?
College is a big investment - of time and money - so it's important to make sure it's worth it.
View ArticleUniversity Continues to Receive Top Rankings for Educational Value
From the University of Nevada Three recent reports have ranked the University of Nevada, Reno as a top educational value for students.
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Within the United States, Harvey Mudd College, along with top technological institutions such as MIT and Caltech, represents the best return on investment for those thinking about going to college,...
View ArticleWarburg Pincus Buys Compensation Software Service PayScale For Up To $100...
Making its fourth acquisition of a technology company in less than three weeks, Warburg Pincus is announcing that the private equity firm has bought compensation software services vendor PayScale in a...
View ArticleWarburg Pincus to take majority stake in startup PayScale
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to take a majority stake in software startup PayScale, which offers compensation data to individuals and companies.
View ArticleDeals of the day: Warburg Pincus buys PayScale
Juno Therapeutics , a Seattle-based developer of immunotherapies for cancer, has closed its Series A round with $176 million in capital commitments .
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View ArticlePayScale CEO on selling majority stake to a private equity firm
PayScale CEO Mike Metzger shared his thoughts on last week's announcement that private equity firm Warburg Pincus had acquired a majority stake in the company for $100 million.
View ArticleWorst-Paying College Degrees of 2012
By Alida Moore, PayScale.com In these days of rising tuition costs and ballooning student debt, some students choose college majors that will put them on a path to earning a high salary once they...
View ArticlePayScale Appoints Dave Smith to Chief Product Officer
In this new role, Smith will now be responsible for the company's strategic direction, building upon PayScale's impressive business growth and recent $100 million investment from Warburg Pincus.
View ArticleSeattle drops from 2nd to 11th place in national wage growth
Wages here grew only by 1.5 percent, according to Seattle-based Payscale Inc., dropping from second place last quarter to 11th place this quarter in a national ranking of metropolitan areas.
View ArticleFlat wages? Actually many have been declining | Jon Talton
It has been well documented that wages adjusted for inflation for most workers have been stagnant since the mid-1970s.
View ArticleHouston pay tops nation on oil, gas strength
Houston outpaced every city in the nation in annual wage growth during the second quarter, thanks largely to a bump in oil and gas-industry pay, according to PayScale.
View ArticleThe Most Underemployed Jobs In America
The familiar old saying might refer to being "overworked and underpaid," but what about being under worked-or rather, underemployed-and underpaid? According to data released today by compensation...
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Microsoft's leadership team from left, Chairman John Thompson, CEO Satya Nadella, founder Bill Gates and Director Steve Ballmer.
View Article10 college majors you may regret choosing
Selecting a college major seems to be a difficult proposition for many students.
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Here's a look at the worst college majors and jobs for finding full-time work, according to PayScale's recent survey of 68,000 people.
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