I don’t have any problem with ROI lists as long as they are by major and not by the institution, and the methodology is transparent. Institutional ROI is really a reflection of the balance of the majors.
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Agreed. The CS ROI ranking that caused such a dust up was the one posted above. In the end, I’m just sharing my impressions of Brown CS in terms of employability w/o having studied the matter in depth.
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I’m thinking he could get into finance or consulting with any engineering degree from Brown. He/she must’ve had specific targets in mind.
It really depends on what the school offers and what concentrations are available. Since Brown does offer fully ABET accredited engineering disciplines, the general degree isn’t given much gravitas. HMC only offers general engineering, with concentrations. Their grads have no problem landing tech positions and grad school posts.
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I’ll defer to you completely on engineering placement, as I know next to nothing about it and you have a lot of experience with it through at least one kid studying it at SLO. The logic tracks with me though.
But for finance or consulting, I’d be surprised if they’d care given that both fields like name schools, and Brown qualifies there, and they like quants, which of course needn’t depend on ABET qualification. I’m obviously assuming, but don’t know for sure, that general engineering still requires a degree of math and physics rigor of the sort that makes the math problems one encounters in finance eminently doable.
Perhaps @Catcherinthetoast knows more about this given his area of expertise along with having had a son go through Brown, though admittedly not through gen. engineering.
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I agree 100%. It seems like a derivative east coast job would be an easy get for a Brown grad. Maybe they wanted to do technical engineering. Only @Catcherinthetoast knows.
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I missed seeing this thread the first time around. Neighbor’s kid did CS at Brown, and will be joining a selective quant position after graduation.
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Harvey Mudd’s (general) engineering major is ABET accredited as well.
Brown’s non-ABET-accredited general engineering major is probably for those who really want to go into traditional Ivy League careers like finance or consulting with some engineering knowledge.
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We also don’t know how well the general engineering kid did at Brown. If he/she had a sub median GPA but shot for “reach” jobs (whether engineering, finance or consulting based), I can easily see a total strikeout. @neela1 , at which law school did this kid end up?
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