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xjis · 04-18-2008, 09:52 PM

Gatech/

2006 Commencement Survey (Fall)

[2006] Bachelor's
ME> Median: $54,000
EE> Median: $52,200
CS> Median: $60,000

CMU/

College of Engineering - Post-Graduation Survey Results - Information for Students and Alumni - Career Center - Student Affairs

http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/ca...salary/scs.pdf

[2007?] Bachelor's
ME> Mean: $58,541; Median: $59,250
ECE> Mean: $61,529; Median: $60,000
CS> Mean: $69,985; Median: $71,750 (wooow....)

i know you were choosing between CMU and GATech.... i dunno about specific rankings, but i do know CMU is harder to get into.

i vaguely remember that although Princeton had much lower engineering ranking than Cornell, they had higher median salaries for those majors... so i guess at least in BS level, the median salary quite depends on overall prestige of the university (by prestige, i mean how hard it is to get into the university overall, not just its engineering ranking...for instance, GATech has much higher engineering ranking than Cornell...)

04-18-2008, 09:52 PM	#35
xjis Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 421	Gatech/ 2006 Commencement Survey (Fall) [2006] Bachelor's ME> Median: $54,000 EE> Median: $52,200 CS> Median: $60,000 CMU/ College of Engineering - Post-Graduation Survey Results - Information for Students and Alumni - Career Center - Student Affairs http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/ca...salary/scs.pdf [2007?] Bachelor's ME> Mean: $58,541; Median: $59,250 ECE> Mean: $61,529; Median: $60,000 CS> Mean: $69,985; Median: $71,750 (wooow....) i know you were choosing between CMU and GATech.... i dunno about specific rankings, but i do know CMU is harder to get into. i vaguely remember that although Princeton had much lower engineering ranking than Cornell, they had higher median salaries for those majors... so i guess at least in BS level, the median salary quite depends on overall prestige of the university (by prestige, i mean how hard it is to get into the university overall, not just its engineering ranking...for instance, GATech has much higher engineering ranking than Cornell...) Last edited by xjis; 04-18-2008 at 10:05 PM.