I can see GPA influencing hiring decisions, in the absence of ALL other hiring criteria, of a newly minted graduate and MAYBE starting salary, to a small degree, of a newly minted graduate. It's rare, however, that two or more candidates are matched identically, except for GPA. I don't think over the long term that the differences in salaries would be huge.
I'm willing to bet that the more one progresses in his/her career in terms of time and experience, and the better one is at articulating how he/she can benefit an employer, the less that GPA will influence salary and future career opportunities.
I have very rarely been asked my GPA, either as a newly minted graduate or as an experienced individual. Hell, the only folks that have asked the name of my alma mater have been those checking to see if I was a fellow alum.
Interviews have largely been conducted along the theme of "What have you done? What can you do? How can you benefit the organization better than any other candidate? How are you a better team fit than any other candidate?"
Honest and compelling answers to these questions will be puts your training AND education to work for you, and give it value, whatever your field, whatever your alma mater.
That being said, it's not always necessary to take most expensive approach. One's dreams do not negate one's fiscal or other practical responsibilities.
One needs to look at the career problem holistically - Expenses, job prospects, salary prospects, time to completion, etc. and continually evaluate and re-evaluate dreams, hopes, goals, plans, progress, chances of success, and job prospects along education and training journey.
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Originally Posted by Dopo
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I've noticed that anything I read an article about "My degree isn't worth the debt" there's no mention of their GPA.
There's a huge difference between the salary of an engineer tha graduated with 2.3 GPA and one with 3.8 GPA.
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