<p>The statistics are probably as muddy as unemployment statistics are in general. Are they counting the kids who bail on thinking about a job and head for grad schools? Are they counting kids, are they analyzing last years grads or this year’s grads. The “old school” rule of thumb was it took one month for every 10M of salary…new school is probably closer to two months for every 10M of salary…how are they coming up with these statistics. Frankly you can parse them anyway you want. </p>
<p>But no, in general, a newly minted student with a BA is NOT going to find a top job unless they are in a very niche position…and even engineering is NOT a niche in and of itself, now a software engineer who wants to live in Metro Detroit and work on heads up displays as opposed to Silicon Valley might be considered a niche candidate and might score a top job. But then again salary/location/job…pick two out of 3 and go for it.</p>