Is it Worth Applying to the UC System - If Out of State?

[RML]

<p>drax12

RML, I’m not trying to necessarily counter what you’re saying, but when you say that Cal grads’ salaries – per Payscale’s website surveying college graduates with just baccalaureates wrt their salaries, say, 10 years into their careers – beats those of many private universites, you have to remember that there are many factors why this might be so. </p>

<p>One of the most important is the predominant (or dominant) location of a university’s grads in the workforce. A lot of Cal grads work and live in the Bay Area, but we know that Bay Area firms have to pony up larger salaries (greater than 10% over the rest of CA) to both starting and experienced prospective employees to entice them work there. This is of course because the housing costs in SF, Silicon Valley, Marin, and even the East Bay, are at a much higher level than the rest of CA.

I understand what you’re saying but consider this.</p>

<p>Berkeley grads – on average - don’t only make more than Brown grads do, but - on average - they also make more than Columbia grads, and Columbia is located right at the heart of NY, the world’s center of banking and finance. If you think location is a huge factor, then explain to me why Dartmouth made it to number one beating grads from HYPSM.</p>