I've added numbers for average salary figures. I think that should be preferred to anecdotes. A rockstar in college who makes 150k (notwithstanding that the max

I've added numbers for average salary figures. I think that should be preferred to anecdotes. A rockstar in college who makes 150k (notwithstanding that the max salary for CMU SCS in 2012 was 135k) straight out of college is probably capable of making just as much if not more if had they dropped out of college. It remains that in the average case dropping out makes more financial sense.