Student Handbook – Alternate Routes After High School

Accredited Online Schools

Accredited Online Schools

Joanne Kim, A&E Editor

Although ERHS emphasizes on working hard for college and aiming for a higher education through a college bound pathway, let it be known that choosing a different path that fits you as a person is as ideal as college.

Society has a way of looking down on blue collared jobs and through media, creating a negative stigma about plumbers, waste collectors, etc.

But these are quality and genuine careers.

In the 2015 the top plumbers had a salary of $89,720, while the ones in the bottom percentile received $29,680 a year.

Compare that to a registered nurse’s top salary of $82,490 and in the bottom percentile $55,320.

Trade and Vocational Schools are a good source for anyone who wants to go into a specific skill, offering all but not limited to the jobs from this list:

  • Electrician
  • Dental hygienist
  • Plumber
  • Paralegal
  • Nurse
  • Graphic Designer
  • Welder
  • Computer technician
  • Aircraft mechanic
  • Cosmetologist
  • Chef
  • Marine mechanic
  • Construction manager
  • Massage therapist
  • Pharmacy technician

 

If interested you can research through the website Accredited School Online.

 

Source:

Plumber’s Salary Source

Nurse Salary Source