Nerdscholar: Schools With The Highest Reported Salaries Upon Graduation

College Search & Selection
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<p>Schools With The Highest Reported Salaries Upon Graduation</p>

<p>School Average Salary</p>

<p>1)Carnegie Mellon University
School of Computer Science $84,409
2)Stanford University
Engineering $74,698
3)New York University
College of Nursing $70,236
4)Harvey Mudd College $69,167
5)University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering & Applied Science $66,483
6)Carnegie Mellon University
Mellon College of Science $65,697
7)Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Institute of Technology (College of Engineering) $65,673
8)University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School $65,628
9)Massachusetts Institute of Technology $65,305
10)Cornell University
College of Engineering $64,285
11)Colorado School of Mines $64,194
12)Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Computing $63,548
13)Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business $63,541
14)Princeton University $63,067
15)Carnegie Mellon University
Architecture & Design $62,693
16)Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Engineering $62,662
17)New York University
Leonard N. Stern School of Business $62,189
18)Georgetown University
McDonough School of Business $60,777
19)University of Notre Dame
College of Engineering $60,211
20)Washington University in St. Louis
Olin Business School $60,083
21)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $60,001
22)Ohio State University
College of Engineering $59,468
23)University of Michigan
Ross School of Business $59,432
24)Lehigh University
College of Engineering & Applied Science $59,308
25)University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing $57,680</p>

<p>Source: Schools</a> With The Highest Reported Salaries Upon Graduation</p>

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<p>Is the list supposed to be a surprise? Seems that it has the predictable suspects:</p>

<ul>
<li>Schools heavy with engineering or CS majors, or engineering or CS divisions.</li>
<li>Nursing divisions.</li>
<li>Elite business divisions.</li>
<li>Elite schools that attract investment bank and management consulting recruiters, regardless of major.</li>
</ul>

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<p>With what percentage of graduates reporting salaries in each case? Numbers like these are highly misleading because they reflect largely those who reported salaries from on-campus recruiting.</p>