<p>OK, I retract what I said about the engineering percentages being wrong, then. That was a little harsh, I admit.</p>
<p>There might be all sorts of stuff going on with transfers as well as attrition.</p>
<p>And good point by @ucbalumnus about the makeup changing over time. Wasn’t A&M smaller, more male, and had engineers as a higher percentage of the student body if you go back more than 20 years?</p>
<p>Having a higher percentage of both men and engineers would certainly boost up average earnings, as a much higher percentage of women compared to men deliberately choose underemployment for family reasons once they have children.</p>
<p>Plus, A&M students could have come from a higher socio-economic strata on average. </p>