Per the Wall Street Journal, USC outperforms most colleges in salaries after graduation.
Here are the rankings for mid-career salaries (at least 10 years out) in the 90th percentile among the Pac-12:
- Stanford - $257,000
- USC/Cal: $201,000
- UCLA: $193,000
- Colorado: $187,000
- Oregon: $186,000
- ASU: $163,000
- WSU: $162,000
- UA: $160,000
- UW: $149,000
- Utah: $148,000
- OSU: $146,000
Including the LACs, USC is number 8 at the 75th percentile (LACs don’t report at the high end) in the Western U.S.
Among all colleges in America, USC is at #31 at the high end, not bad.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Region-sort.html