<p>After about 10-15 years in the workforce how much more money on average will an engineer from Stanford make than one from say your above average state school? (UT, A&M, Mich, Ga tech...)</p>
<p>This is a very interesting question. Can some one provide a link or something?</p>
<p>I would assume the best Stanford engineers are among the very richest, and smartest in the world, such as Gerry Young (Yahoo founder), David Fillo (yahoo Founder), Vinton Cerf (father of internet), Larry Page (google funder), Segey Brin(google founder), John Chowning (father of digital music synthesis), Charles Simonyi (chief engineer of microsoft office product), Ted Hoff (inventor of microprocessor), John Cioffi (inventor of DSL), Andy Bechtosheim (designer of the 1st SUN work station), and etc. </p>
<p>But how about an average Stanford engineer?</p>
<p>This is a question I was looking at before, and it’s difficult to find data for your timespan for engineers specifically in relation to other schools. And even if a stat is found, it won’t be too accurate unless it is a median, because a mean would factor in all those Stanford engineers who absolutely hit it off. And do you factor in engineers who, for example, decided to go into business or law? I really don’t think there is data that can answer your question, although I’d bet the answer would be more. </p>
<p>And the schools you listed aren’t some “average state schools.” Michigan is a top state school as is UT, and all those schools I think have very good engineering programs (I know UMIch and Gatech def. do), certainly not average.</p>
<p>In terms of right of school in a standard entry-level engineering job (not banking, consulting, law, etc.), not a whole lot much more, if any. Obviously the dudes you mentioned above are making bank, but thats because they own huge companies. I’d check the career service for each, but its not like a software engineer at Texas Instruments will be making more just because they are from Stanford versus A&M.</p>
<p>But if you start off at a higher position withing the company, obviously you’ll be making more cash.</p>
<p>^I remember hearing that the difference in salaries of starting jobs for a Stanford (or Harvard, Princeton, etc.) grad versus a normal grad is on the order of a couple thousand dollars. That was anectodal evidence (I think from a specific employer- some large company, if I remember correctly), but still.</p>
<p>Here’s STARTING salary, I have no idea how to find 10-15 years later.</p>
<p>[Career</a> Development Center](<a href=“http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/surveys/0506/engineering.html]Career”>http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/surveys/0506/engineering.html)</p>
<p>Senior0991, I said “above average schools”</p>
<p>my b. I misread your post to read “about average state schools.” :)</p>
<p>engineering employer here. don’t have loads of data specific to Stanford grads over time, but I can say with assurrance that after a few years, pedigree doesn’t matter that much. For a specific engineering role, my experience is that after a decade plus, undergraduate degree source does not correlate well w/ salary, but on-the-job accomplishments do. Because Stanford admits high quality and ambitious students, I would expect the ‘average’ salaries for most all majors, including engineering, to be greater than other schools…relative to grads from other schools, I’d bet a greater portion from Stanford will start their own companies & get into higher paying management roles. However, don’t think that the Stanford degree itself will command a substantial premium after a decade for any given job.</p>