College Graduates

Here is the transcript (and video) of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commencement speech to NYU’s Class of 2018. Read More

WalletHub analyzed 182 American cities in terms of “Quality of Life” and “Professional Opportunities,” then assessed each in terms of 27 different factors — including the availability of entry-level jobs to monthly average starting salary to workforce diversity — to ultimately come up with their rankings. Read More

From a geographical perspective, there are affordable top-ranked programs in every region of the country. The West tends to have a higher number of inexpensive universities, like the University of New Mexico ($7,146) or Montana State University ($7,150), but similar price points can be found out East, too. Read More

A new analysis by global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry shows that members of the Class of 2018 will rack up $50,390 a year on average — up from $49,000 last year. Read More

Here is the transcript (and video) of Tim Cook’s commencement speech to Duke’s Class of 2018. Read More

Here are excerpts and video of Oprah Winfrey’s commencement speech to USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism’s Class of 2018. Read More

Here are excerpts and video of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman’s commencement speech to Howard’s Class of 2018. Read More

It’s graduation season, and we here at Ladders have decided to take a look back and showcase some past commencement addresses that stand the test of time. Here is the full transcript of Condoleezza Rice’s commencement address to High Point University’s Class of 2016. Read More

LinkedIn released new research showing what jobs the Class of 2016-2017 scored, with the top one being a Software Engineer, boasting a hefty salary of $92,300. Here are some of the data points that stood out. Read More