<p>Another apparent surprise among LACs on this list is Lafayette, but when you drill down you understand that many L grads command decent $ because of Lafayette’s engineering school (is Swarthmore the only other top LAC with an actual engineering school (albeit small)?) So, in that regard, Colgate’s performance is even more impressive, lacking as it does the easy path to high salary $ rankings from a significant portion of each class being engineers (ditto for Williams). One can reasonably assume, therefore, that the Colgate/Williams performance comes from business and most probably finance ie IBanking. Still, it also speaks highly of what employers may be looking for in graduates. Bravo Zulu!</p>