<p>OK, Connecticut. </p>
<p>Average starting salary for ME graduates from UConn: $58K
[DEPARTMENT</a> OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT](<a href=“http://www.engr.uconn.edu/me/cms/undergraduate/prospectivestudents]DEPARTMENT”>http://www.engr.uconn.edu/me/cms/undergraduate/prospectivestudents)</p>
<p>So if cost of living is the big factor, why don’t UConn MEs make the big salaries of MIT and CalTech MEs?</p>
<p>And nobody said anything about college being “solely” responsible for anything - I said it is a factor.</p>