<p>Go look at the UCB statistics, 45% unemployment rate amongst the EECS 2010 graduates, and only a $71k starting salary of those who are working – mostly working for companies that are generally concentrated in the highest cost living centres of the United States.</p>
<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/EECS.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/EECS.stm</a></p>
<p>Remember that UCB only admits 1 in 10 applicants. So just that process alone ensures that the UCB EECS graduates are going to be, by definition, dramatically above average. </p>
<p>These grads, being in the SFBay area, also have easy access to one of the richest and most diverse technology sector employment markets in the world, yet, of the responses received, can only sustain a 55% employment rate and a $71k average starting salary.</p>