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Con_Alma

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Sep 18, 2013 12:44 PM
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/real_estate/2013/09/12/highest-paid-graduates/index.html

1. Harvey Mudd College

2. United Stated Naval Academy

3. Cal Tech

4. Stevens Institute of Tech

5. Babson College

6. Princeton

7. United States Military Academy

8. Stanford

9. Harvard

10. Brown

11. MIT

12. Colgate

13. Yale

14. Polytech of NYU

15. NY Maritime College

16. The Cooper Union
Sep 18, 2013 12:44pm
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like_that

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Sep 18, 2013 1:10 PM
I knew the naval academy was near top the list before opening this thread.
Sep 18, 2013 1:10pm
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Fab4Runner

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Sep 18, 2013 1:12 PM
I've never even heard of some of those schools.
Sep 18, 2013 1:12pm
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hasbeen

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Sep 18, 2013 1:20 PM
no wilmington college?
Sep 18, 2013 1:20pm
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TedSheckler

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Sep 18, 2013 1:32 PM
Where is Antioch College?
Sep 18, 2013 1:32pm
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LJ

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Sep 18, 2013 1:43 PM
TedSheckler;1503015 wrote:Where is Antioch College?

Don't people just go there so they can get student loans to pay for their weed?
Sep 18, 2013 1:43pm
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Sep 18, 2013 1:45 PM
Marietta College was #1 for Engineering degrees. Average starting salary for Petroleum Engineers leaving the program: $89k.
Sep 18, 2013 1:45pm
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Sep 18, 2013 1:46 PM
inb4 "Derp. Marietta. Derp. Turdo. Derp."
Sep 18, 2013 1:46pm
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arnie palmer

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Sep 18, 2013 1:48 PM
I went to one of these schools for a year and hated it. It was very overrated and had big East Coast/West Coast Bias.

Anyone want to guess which one???







It was #13.

This article should do a cost analysis of salary vs cost/amount of student loans needed to show the real story. I had double the student loans for one year there vs 3 years at a state school.
Sep 18, 2013 1:48pm
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Sep 18, 2013 1:49 PM
justincredible;1503028 wrote:Marietta College was #1 for Engineering degrees. Average starting salary for Petroleum Engineers leaving the program: $89k.
According to latest NPR report, Petro engineers avg salary is $120k. Marietta is below this mark.

Sep 18, 2013 1:49pm
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Nick Mangold

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Sep 18, 2013 1:56 PM
Commander of Awesome;1503036 wrote:According to latest NPR report, Petro engineers avg salary is $120k. Marietta is below this mark.

Starting salary. Average mid-level salary for MC grads is almost $160k.
Sep 18, 2013 1:56pm
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Sep 18, 2013 2:08 PM
justincredible;1503041 wrote:Starting salary. Average mid-level salary for MC grads is almost $160k.
Where do you see that Marietta is #1?

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering

Doesn't have it listed in the top 5 for any of the categories.
Sep 18, 2013 2:08pm
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Sep 18, 2013 2:10 PM
Whenever I see Marietta mentioned, I just LOL.

I am sure J_crazy and the one other marietta engineer grad brought that average salary to 89k.
Sep 18, 2013 2:10pm
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Sep 18, 2013 2:11 PM
justincredible;1503029 wrote:inb4 "Derp. Marietta. Derp. Turdo. Derp."
This did make me lol though.
Sep 18, 2013 2:11pm
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jmog

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Sep 18, 2013 4:26 PM
Commander of Awesome;1503036 wrote:According to latest NPR report, Petro engineers avg salary is $120k. Marietta is below this mark.

Your graph is all people with that major, I think he was talking first year out of college making $89k.

Nuclear Engineering is even higher than Petroleum, but it is such a narrow field that it isn't on the list.

I almost took a job as a nuclear engineer once (they were going to accept my combined degrees and experience as equivalent), but decided against it. It wasn't as interesting as what I do now to be (but the money was definitely better at the time).
Sep 18, 2013 4:26pm
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Sep 18, 2013 4:27 PM
TedSheckler;1503015 wrote:Where is Antioch College?
Didn't it close?
Sep 18, 2013 4:27pm
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MontyBrunswick

Sep 18, 2013 4:27 PM
Mohican00;1503148 wrote:Didn't it close?
No, unfortunately
Sep 18, 2013 4:27pm
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jmog

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Sep 18, 2013 4:28 PM
To be fair, MC's numbers are skewed due to really only having Petrol Eng while all the others have to average in Mech and Civ Eng that are lower paid than Petrol, Chem, Nuclear, Aero, and Elec.
Sep 18, 2013 4:28pm
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Sonofanump

Sep 18, 2013 4:52 PM
I thought the Dakota school of Mines would be atop that list.
Sep 18, 2013 4:52pm
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Gardens35

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Sep 18, 2013 5:30 PM
I strongly agree with the list.
Sep 18, 2013 5:30pm
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thavoice

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Sep 18, 2013 5:55 PM
University of Phoenix must be 17th.
Sep 18, 2013 5:55pm
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Terry_Tate

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Sep 18, 2013 5:59 PM
No B1G schools? List is a joke.
Sep 18, 2013 5:59pm
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Sep 18, 2013 6:01 PM
Terry_Tate;1503196 wrote:No B1G schools? List is a joke.
Well had ti to make fair, otherwise it would just be a list of the B1G schools. As Sleeper will tell you, avg starting salary for an OSU performing Art grad is elevtythreeve fidy K a yr. Don't even want to know what their engineers are pulling. It's like Detroit tigers numbers, have you seen that line up?
Sep 18, 2013 6:01pm
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Sep 18, 2013 6:23 PM
No University of Akron makes this list a sham. Only ~30% of students who begin their collegiate career at UA graduate within 6 years. Therefore, only the best and brightest students can handle the rigorous coursework and get their degree from the elite Northeast Ohio institution of higher education.
Sep 18, 2013 6:23pm