Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe

Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by bh42222 on Thursday February 02, 2012 @04:50PM (#3544667)

For example, are there proportionally more Google employees from Caltech or more startups in YCombinator with Caltech graduates?

Since they are all based in California now, I would think yes. But since Larry and Sergey Bin are both from Stanford, I'd expect a disproportionate number of Stanford grads at Google.

In any case, one way universities market themselves is by looking at the average income of their alumni. Since Harvard grads often end up on Wall Street, I would not be surprised if Harvard comes up on top.

But you could argue that's just the financial industry connection. What if you restrict your search on science and engineering majors? Well then we already know MIT and Caltech are better.

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Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by rylz on Thursday February 02, 2012 @04:59PM (#3544707)

Regardless of restriction to science and engineering, Caltech comes out on top for median starting salaries and second for mid-career: http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-us-colleges-gradua...

Maybe financial industry salaries would change these rankings if they considered averages rather than medians, but a reasonable number of Caltech grads end up on Wall Street as well.

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