I noted in post 7 - short of a few schools.
But kids at Ga Tech and Michigan - getting the same internship/job companies as kids at Bama as mine saw and another parent posted.
And I noted the kid at Columbia in Utah with mine - made less.
Companies pay by location.
But not all kids are doing engineering and yes, at some higher level schools, you’ll have more kids in consulting or other high end things.
But if you’re talking about a UIUC vs. Colorado vs. a UTK, etc - I think the difference is on the margins.
And a lot is based on the where, moreso than the school. So when my son was in Irvine, he got an extra $700 a month over Utah and Arizona - because if he was hired there to begin with, they have to pay more.
Also, the WSJ is not solely engineering.
And then there’s cost differential.
I’m not telling a student to go to UAH instead of UCLA out of state.
I’m saying there are many, many variables and in many, maybe even most cases, it will be hard to recoup the delta of expense if they choose to go to a school that’s on the pricier side.
There’s so much that salary stats don’t equalize - mainly cost of living. Are you better to make $150K in the Bay area or $100K in Phoenix or in Huntsville?
And of course, this study is not engineering but the entirety of the school - but yes, it’s relevant.
So much is - what will I do (if it’s high level work at boutique-y type firms, yes, a name matters) and where it is.