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<p>Compares starting salaries from various unverisities. Some state schools that are considered Tier 3 or 4 are competitive with it’s flagship school. Prestige isn’t everything.</p>
<p>That’s because of major type. A Tier 3 school with high engineering enrollment will generally beat out most Tier 1 schools with low engineering enrollment.</p>
<p>San Jose State has higher median starting salaries than UCLA. LOL.</p>
<p>That is because they are so low that differences can’t be compressed anymore.</p>
<p>But wouldn’t someone still expect UCLA to have a higher starting salary than SJSU? Or are you tacitly agreeing with my point?</p>
<p>University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) $52,600.00<br>
San Jose State University (SJSU) $53,500.00</p>
<p>These are low starting salaries? Maybe compared to CalTech (Engineering $75,500.00) but still respectable. </p>
<p>I wonder how much the starting salaries have to do with geography. It would be interesting to have a further breakdown of where the recent graduates work (Northern Cal, S Cal, west coast in general, NYC, east coast in general, midwest) etc. A very generous salary in the midwest would be barely enough to live on in San Francisco.</p>
<p>vballmom, it is possible to view the breakdown of the data by location or by major by clicking on one of the links at the top of the table.</p>
<p>Did anyone notice that the “Type” of school is listed as Party for some of the schools? What do you think of that?</p>
<p>^^^
Actually can’t believe WSJ would do this…seems pretty silly.
“Ten years out, graduates of Ivy League schools earned 99% more than they did at graduation. Party school graduates saw an 85% increase. Engineering school graduates fared worst, earning 76% more 10 years out of school. See where your school ranks”.
Hey, I went to one of those party schools. 107% increase from starting to mid year. LOL. Pretty good! I had no idea it would be such a good deal!!</p>
<p>What I meant by viewing the breakdown by region was the region of the graduates, not that of the college. So if someone graduates from UCLA and gets her first job in Omaha, I have to believe that a starting salary of $52,600 would be well above the median there, while possibly below the median in a higher-salaried part of the country.</p>
<p>The report is indicating that engineering and ivies have the higher starting salaries. It’s also indicating some regional differences.</p>
<p>An engineering grad at a 4th tier will probably have a higher starting salary than a history/psych/polisci/etc. major at a 1st tier so the major is probably a more important variable than the school. </p>
<p>UCLA vs. SJSU - take a look at the percentage of engineering students at each. I haven’t looked at the breakdown but given that SJSU is in silicon valley, I’d expect higher general starting salaries assuming a higher percentage of engineering students.</p>