Can a parent of a current or former Lafayette student or the student himself answer my question?
I am a current Lafayette student and I know that our school is very well-known for our starting salaries; our alumni ranked second in 20-year return on investment among graduates of liberal arts colleges, meaning it is worth the money to come here.
I can’t find stats about engineering in particular, but our average starting salaries are quite high even compared to universities with business schools, including Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, Northwestern and and Brown. (Tells you a lot about the value of a Lafayette degree).
http://www.businessinsider.com/colleges-with-the-highest-starting-salaries-2015-8/#26-tie-university-of-michigan-at-ann-arbor-25
http://time.com/money/3974675/10-liberal-arts-schools-where-grads-earn-the-most/