Colleges with the highest paid grads

• Con_Alma

  1. Princeton University
  2. Harvey Mudd College
  3. California Institute of Technology
  4. United States Naval Academy at Annapolis
  
  5. United States Military Academy at West Point
  
  
  ...Sorry Army. Navy beats you again.
  
  http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/college/2012/09/27/colleges-highest-paid-graduates/index.html
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I'm not trying to troll, and I ask this in the most respectful way possible... But why do you have such a hard-on for Navy?
• Con_Alma

  Lets just say personal history with the Academy. Contracted with them for a period after undergrad.
• vball10set

  ernest_t_bass;1282105 wrote:I'm not trying to troll, and I ask this in the most respectful way possible... But why do you have such a hard-on for Navy?

  Actually, he was dissing Army, wasn't he?
• Sonofanump

  Where did Northwest State Community College rank?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  vball10set;1282145 wrote:Actually, he was dissing Army, wasn't he?

  "Sorry Army, Navy beats you again." Yes, by way of the Naval Academy.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Sonofanump;1282147 wrote:Where did Northwest State Community College rank?

  You try really hard.
• Sonofanump

  ernest_t_bass;1282150 wrote:You try really hard.

  I could not get into Owens Tech or Edison CC.
• rmolin73

  

  So Notre Dame is on the list but no Ohio State? Sleeper will be on suicide watch.
• vball10set

  ernest_t_bass;1282149 wrote:"Sorry Army, Navy beats you again." Yes, by way of the Naval Academy.

  So has a hard-on for Army, not Navy.
• vball10set

  ernest_t_bass;1282149 wrote:"Sorry Army, Navy beats you again." Yes, by way of the Naval Academy.

  Sorry, I misunderstood...usually when somebody says they have a hard-on for somebody, it's not in a good way, so I thought you were insinuating that he was bashing Navy. I have to remember who I'm responding to here.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  vball10set;1282263 wrote:Sorry, I misunderstood...usually when somebody says they have a hard-on for somebody, it's not in a good way, so I thought you were insinuating that he was bashing Navy. I have to remember who I'm responding to here.

  Sorry, but I don't get hard ons for things that I dislike. Derp.
• vball10set

  ernest_t_bass;1282273 wrote:Sorry, but I don't get hard ons for things that I dislike. Derp.

  Sorry, but you shouldn't get hard-ons for service academies either. Herp.
• sleeper

  

  rmolin73;1282207 wrote:So Notre Dame is on the list but no Ohio State? Sleeper will be on suicide watch.

  Most Ohio State students focus on impacting the world in a positive way rather than making tons of money.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  sleeper;1282288 wrote:Most Ohio State students focus on impacting the world in a positive way rather than making tons of money.

  this is a contradiction to your entire being.
• gut

  It should be noted that East/West Coast schools, where grads get higher wages because of higher COL, dominate that survey. That said, OSU will admit anyone and I'm sure thousands of losers drag down the average.
  
  On a related note, $200k+ for a Harvard degree to make $111k mid-career seems kind of a lousy ROI. Especially these days an undergrad degree continues to lose value. Would be interesting to see a study controlled for where people got graduate degrees from. Not that the choice of undergrad doesn't impact acceptance to grad school in several ways.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  ^^^
  
  It should also be noted that these statistics are self-reported and aren't audited in any way by any independent source. It is known in the academic community that many schools "game" statistics to make themselves look better in publications. That doesn't make it accurate. I'd take this survey with the proverbial grain of salt. It's the same statistics that show that the average Georgetown Law grad makes $160K a year (ala Sandra Fluke) when the reality is half of Georgetown Law grads don't even have jobs. Let alone a $160K job at Cravath.
• gut

  Good point. Plus I'm sure there's plenty of selection-bias in terms of who responds to these surveys. Somehow I don't see the Harvard grad making $70k a year proudly filling out the survey. Plus, one I-banker from Harvard that has risen to MD level making over a million a year is going to pretty heavily skew the results.
  
  Details by specific industry/job-function would be more illuminating. The Harvard grad might be making $10k more on average, but does that justify the much higher tuition cost? Of course you could also argue the Harvard grad has opportunities in the more lucrative IB/consulting area, however many people would have no interest in the hours and pressure that goes with those jobs.
• Ironman92

  

  No University of Rio Grande?
• sleeper

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1282290 wrote:this is a contradiction to your entire being.

  A degree from Ohio State or any B1G institution(not named Nebraska) is one of the most valuable and flexible degrees you can earn. You either go out and make a significant impact right away or you go out and earn a wage higher than the market average. Your choice.
• Curly J

  

  sleeper;1282288 wrote:Most Ohio State students focus on impacting the world in a positive way rather than making tons of money.

  
  Like owning a McDonald's. I see your point.
• blue_berry

  Con_Alma;1282101 wrote:1. Princeton University
  2. Harvey Mudd College
  3. California Institute of Technology
  4. United States Naval Academy at Annapolis
  
  5. United States Military Academy at West Point
  
  
  ...Sorry Army. Navy beats you again.
  
  http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/college/2012/09/27/colleges-highest-paid-graduates/index.html

  Nice list. Maybe a reason why my cousin has a fat check, she's on the third:thumbup:
• SnotBubbles

  

  Sonofanump;1282147 wrote:Where did Northwest State Community College rank?

  Just below Subway University.