re: This is Hilarious A&M fans on this site are melting harder than Bama fans

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Just looked it up, after 6 years on the job aggies avg. 51K.
LSU grads start at 56K. did not see data for after 6 years.

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I think these numbers are wrong.

But regardless, this is a pet peeve of mine.

Average pay comparison between schools in different states is a generally useless comparison.

Your school really only matters for your first real job. And for entry level positions, pay is dictated almost entirely by the prevailing COL in the market where the job is filled.

What (public) SEC schools always lead starting pay among grads? UF, UGA, and A&M. Why? Becuase the schools primarily feed employers in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, where COL and payscales are higher than other southeastern states.

Vandy is always first, in large part because a significant portion of their grads take entry level jobs in the northeast, west coast, and Chicago, where COL and pay are much higher than the south.

People love to crow about it when their school is high up the list, but the reality is it's mostly just a quirk of geography.