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Carnegie Mellon has salary information for each major. For example, computer science majors: http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2015-survey/scs
by rawnlq 11y ago
Carnegie Mellon has salary information for each major. For example, computer science majors: http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2015-survey/scs.html http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2015-sur... have a mean starting salary of $103,608 and median of $105,000. This doesn't include any stock, stock options or bonuses yet. Out of 192 students, 32 joined Google, 19 joined Facebook and 12 joined Microsoft.
The data for MIT is very similar (even same median starting salary of $105,000 for EECS):
https://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/about/files/2014-gss-survey.pdf https://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/about/files/2014-gs...
So if you can just graduate in the top half of your class in at a good CS school you start with a 6 figure salary.
- falsestprophet 11y agoEasier said than done. For context fewer than 5% of students admitted to MIT scored below the 99th percentile on admissions tests.
- mahyarm 11y agoOr you can go to a normal college (like San Jose State), intern at apple or similar and make that six figure starting salary fairly quickly.
- rawnlq 11y agoYep, of course. Looking at SJSU's data http://www.sjsu.edu/careercenter/employers/salary-data/2014SalarySurveyReport2.pdf http://www.sjsu.edu/careercenter/employers/salary-data/2014S... it seems like their average starting salary for CS is 85k which isn't far off. EDIT: Since you mentioned internships, CMU also publish internship stats: http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2014-survey/SCS%20One%20Pager%20Internships%202014.pdf http://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2014-sur...