High-tech job starting salary coming from prestigious University?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I heard that if you graduate in Engineering or CS from one of the top Engineering universities -- such as University of Michigan - Ann Arbor -- you can make 10k starting salary, and if you have PhD, 16k. Is this true? Is University of Michigan Engineering more rigorous (and hence better?) than other not-so-prestigious colleges?</p>

<p>Which major is more demanding, Engineering or programming? Can you still major in CS fine if you didn't do any programming before, and you find programming daunting?</p>

<p>Which one has the best prospects?
I was thinking CS, because if you make some cool software like Facebook, Delicious.com, you can earn a lot!</p>

<p>Can you get an Engineering or programming job for a year, quit, then get a job again when you want to?</p>

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<p>i don’t think the median is 10k(!!!i’m assuming you mean 100k) per yr for undergrads at michigan. Heck, NO school in the US has that value. Or either way, if u mean 10k a month, that’s 120k a month… for undergrad? Nope.
I don’t have any stats,but im guessing michigan engineers(undergrad) make around 50k a yr</p>

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<p>"I don’t have any stats,but im guessing michigan engineers(undergrad) make around 50k a yr "</p>

<p>hmm I make more than that at my sophomore internship lol… that’s a gross underestimation.</p>

<p>that’s the average for LSA. For engineering the median is around 58-60k. For CS, CE, the median is higher, 76,900 for CE and 75000 for CS</p>

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<p>microsoft, google, etc pay in the 65k-85k range, depending how much they like you</p>

<p>50k is definitely low</p>

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<p>If the starting salary was 10K, I would rather work minimum wage…and I would definitely not spend four years to get a PhD. if the starting salary is 16K (also right near minimum wage).</p>

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<p>actually… 10k is possible. A lot of engineers go to prop trading firm/high frequency trading where compensation is almost entirely performance based, like trillium, jump, wolverine trading… my cousin started at chicago trading company (one of the best market makers) and was paid 20k to start. He’s pulling in around 500k a year now 4 years in. I think CTC recently changed their compensation structure though.</p>

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<p>cs from michigan on average get 70k. </p>

<p>varies based on the location of the job and the name of the company. a big company in california, you should get on average 80k. my friends in mechanical engineering (starting pay for ME is usually lower than CS by 10k) working in cali, got 75k starting salary, and this was a few years ago.</p>

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<p>Average starting basic salary for Ross and Engineering students is roughly $60k-$65k/annum and for LSA students roughly $50k per annum.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure which path is more demanding, but I’ve been programming in high school for the past 2 years now, so I’m planning on majoring in Computer Science and Engineering at the CoE. Hopefully I’ll be a software engineer and, like you said, make some cool software ^_^</p>

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<p>wow… that’s way higher than i predicted; thank god i mentioned it was just an estimate, :)</p>

<p>that’s definitely good news to hear though, hella lot of money.</p>

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<p>it might sound like a lot…but it’s actually not much when you start having to pay your bills</p>

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<p>its a lot for a 22 year old, when a lot of profession’s average salaries (with years of experience) are 70 or 80k.</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s a lot higher for LSA than I thought… Does anyone know what the median starting salary for an Econ major is?</p>

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<p>LSA has a lot of PoliSci, Psychology, English, History, Biology majors. Grads in those majors generally do not pursue high-paying careers…not at Michigan anyway. Econ, Math, Chem and Physics majors generally get paid better. There are no stats, but I would estimate around $55,000.</p>

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<p>^
Eventhough they do not generally persue higher careers ( well you stated not at Michigan… any ideal where it’s more common, I would assume Ivy Leagues and GWU)this doesn’t have a large effect of the university preparing students to persue higher careers, or at least give the opportunity with internships etc… I would hope not since I plan to attend graduate school myself.</p>

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<p>^ translate please</p>

<p>That’s why they should enforce a foreign language requirement in COE.</p>

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<p>He’s saying that just because there are a lot of Michigan undergrads that get degrees in PoliSci and other such majors, it doesn’t mean that they won’t ever get a high paying job. He’s saying that many attend graduate school and get degrees which allow for better jobs.</p>

<p>So there’s not much difference in starting salaries between Econ and Ross, or Econ and most Engineering majors? And in fact, someone would be better off studying Econ than a couple of the Engineering majors and many of the Ross majors?</p>

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Now I understand, thanks.</p>

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<p>^Errr… What? I thought that’s what you were saying…</p>

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<p>LOL…anyways, does anyone know the starting salary for these kinds of jobs for people coming from lower tier colleges like MSU, or Ohio State is?</p>