Does almost everyone from top tier colleges go to grad school?

Computer science grads can get intellectually satisfying jobs without grad school right after college. We’ll see what gifted son eventually does. Having a STEM PhD is no guarantee of a job- even with U Chicago/MIT in one’s CV.

Those Harvard stats show that going to an elite college/u does not automatically mean grad school- ever. Many of the smartest, most well educated will have gone elsewhere as undergrads- look at the CV’s of the elite college professors.

What to do, where to go depends on one’s major. Most good music performance majors will not make a living at that- there isn’t enough demand. But- they make work within the field. College is an education, not just job preparation.