Which college should I apply to?

PennCAS2014
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:36:43 +0000

@Penn95 is exactly right. I posted this on another thread comparing the outcomes of the two schools:

"Yeah the two programs have pretty similar outcomes for students as well. Comparing the career services reports for only Cornell Engineering and only Penn Engineering for the class of 2014:
http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/resources/career_services/students/statistics/upload/2014-COE-Overview.pdf
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/files/SEAS_CPSurvey_2014.pdf

Average Starting Salary:
Cornell: $72, 263
Penn: $75, 003

Top Employers:
Cornell: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Accenture, Workday
Penn: Accenture, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft

Top Grad School Destinations:
Cornell: Information Unavailable
Penn: (in alphabetical order) Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, Penn, Stanford

Of course Cornell Engineering is much larger than Penn engineering (Cornell graduated 728 students while Penn graduated 363 students), which is always something to keep in mind.

But in general, I think students going to either Penn Engineering or Cornell Engineering are able to find the opportunities on campus and afterwards for which they’re looking. Penn’s starting salary is a little higher but the top five companies at which students are employed are almost identical- the only difference being Workday at Cornell and Goldman at Penn. I think both would provide a pretty outstanding education!"