Washington University Claims: “Average starting salary for recent WashU graduates is $20,000 higher than their peers, including those who attend top research universities.” Really?

I just posted this on Linkedin. https://lnkd.in/p/gquYFD3K

I just received an email from Wash. U. in St. Louis. It says that

“The average starting salary for recent WashU graduates is $20,000 higher than their peers, including those who attend top research universities.”

Really?

The NY Times just published a study and here is a list from that study. It’s for earnings 4 years after graduation and is by major. (A College-by-College Guide to Which Majors Pay Off — or Don’t – The New York Times)

Here is what they show for Wash. U. (This is a corrected list.)

Washington U. $185,551 Finance and Financial Management Services
Washington U. $177,066 Computer Science
Washington U. $162,355 Business/​Managerial Economics
Washington U. $119,297Systems Engineering
Washington U. $107,843 Chemical Engineering
Washington U. $102,439 Economics
Washington U. $100,489 Marketing
Washington U. $98,497 Mathematics
Washington U. $95,965 Mechanical Engineering
Washington U. $91,787 Psychology, General
Washington U. $90,778 Political Science and Government
Washington U. $75,261 Research and Experimental Psychology
Washington U. $71,018 Anthropology
Washington U. $68,359 Biology, General
Washington U. $67,771 Design and Applied Arts
Washington U. $67,212 Cognitive Science
Washington U. $66,498 Intl Studies

Here is the list of top salaries in order.

Duke Mathematics $297,029
Carnegie Mellon Computer Science $268,121
Carnegie Mellon Electrical, Electronics and Comm. Engineering $250,168
University of Pennsylvania Computer and Information Sciences, General $241,380
Harvard Statistics $230,876
UCLA Computer Engineering $228,705
MIT Computer Science $225,141
Cornell Computer Science $223,309
Princeton Computer Science $217,973
Pomona College Computer Science $217,051
UCLAS Computer and Information Sciences, General $216,722
Stanford Computer Science $214,907
Brown Computer Science $214,479
Williams College Computer Science $209,574
University of California, Berkeley Computer Science $204,379
Harvard Computer Science $203,169
University of Pennsylvania Finance and Financial Management Services $202,069
Dartmouth Computer Science $201,702
University of California, Berkeley Electrical, Electronics and Comm Engineering $200,543
California Institute of Technology Computer Science $200,511
Harvey Mudd Computer Science $198,257
Johns Hopkins Computer and Information Sciences, General $196,467
Duke Computer Science $195,809
Columbia $194,365
University of Southern California Computer Science $192,897
Columbia Computer Science $188,265
Yale Computer and Information Sciences, General $188,157
Carnegie Mellon University Computer and Information Sciences, General $187,437

I think I counted 28 higher than Wash. U’s highest.

Wash. U. students, parents, and alumni need to be asking why. Go to my blog, download and read, A Tale Out of School – A Case Study in Higher Education. Then you will get an idea of what is happening there.

🫢 And, according to a search I just did, the SAT and ACT scores of Wash U. students are among the highest in the country – certainly among the top 10.

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