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Yet according to CNN, the average starting salaries of chemical engineers (from all schools) in 2005 was 54k, for EE's was 52k, for CompE was 51.5k, for CS was 51.3k, for ME was 51k. Now of course some of that is due to guys coming out of elite schools like MIT and making big salaries. But again, keep in mind that the vast majority of engineering students do not go to elite schools. Most go to no-name schools. Hence, the presence of a small fraction of guys from elite schools are not going to affect the average that much
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<p>This is where I have a big doubt. Do you really think these engineers from no-name schools are the ones that constitute the 'chemical engineers' as defined by CNN. If you take the number of engineers graduating from the top 50 schools, excluding the no-name schools, it might be large enough to embody the 'chemical engineers' as defined by CNN, whereas those engineers from no-name schools constitute only the menial tech jobs not counted into the average chemical enginerring jobs quoted by CNN.</p>