Its probably worth mentioning that one of the reasons SCS is so above others on that list is that unlike most schools in the US, at CMU CS is a separate school

Its probably worth mentioning that one of the reasons SCS is so above others on that list is that unlike most schools in the US, at CMU CS is a separate school from engineering, and thus reports its own separate numbers. Not that the CIT (engineering) students are doing bad at #4 on http://www.nerdwallet.com/education/grad_surveys/top-salaries http://www.nerdwallet.com/education/grad_surveys/top-salarie... , but CS grads at other top schools likely would see similar numbers if they reported individually.