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re: MONEY ranks the best colleges in the U.S.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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STEM Grad %
1. Texas A&M (30%)
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Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:12 pm to finestfirst79
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This was a very subtle troll. Congrats. I was of course pleased to see that Texas A&M was at the top, but soon realized it wasn't about A&M or even LSU. It was about Alabama at #14. Well done!
I was actually going for the:
From multiple angles
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
quote:The only surprise to me is UGA being so high on value and so low on STEM grads
STEM Grad %
1. Texas A&M (30%)
2. Auburn (28%)
3. Florida (27%)
3. Mississippi State (27%)
5. LSU (23%)
6. Vanderbilt (22%)
7. Tennessee (20%)
8. Arkansas (19%)
8. South Carolina (19%)
10. Kentucky (18%)
11. Missouri (17%)
12. Alabama (15%)
13. Georgia (12%)
14. Ole Miss (11%)
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:13 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
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17. Texas A&M
18. Vanderbilt
23. Florida
94. Georgia
Everyone else has the dumbs.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:15 pm to lsupride87
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The only surprise to me is UGA being so high on value and so low on STEM grads
Part of it is that it is a very good school and part of it is UGA places an incredibly high # of grads in Atlanta, a place where salaries are 5-10% inflated compared to a large chunk of the states where "most" graduates of other school go (NW Arkansas, Columbia, Chattanooga, Memphis, Jackson MS, etc).
This post was edited on 8/14/18 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:19 pm to jlovel7
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Damn. That's a really big dropoff after UGA. Big 4!
Fixed it for you
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:19 pm to SummerOfGeorge
That list is very weird. I get the point, but I doubt people would say the top 10 is anywhere near a top 10 for best schools.
1. Princeton University
2. University of California-San Diego
3. University of California-Irvine
4. University of California-Los Angeles
5. Stanford University
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. University of California-Berkeley
8. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
10. University of Virginia-Main Campus
1. Princeton University
2. University of California-San Diego
3. University of California-Irvine
4. University of California-Los Angeles
5. Stanford University
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. University of California-Berkeley
8. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
10. University of Virginia-Main Campus
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:23 pm to TheCaterpillar
Salary.com.....
Change down in salaries from Atlanta to....
- Birmingham (5.3%)
- Jackson, MS (9.6%)
- Nashville (5.9%)
Change down in salaries from Atlanta to....
- Birmingham (5.3%)
- Jackson, MS (9.6%)
- Nashville (5.9%)
This post was edited on 8/14/18 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:24 pm to TheCaterpillar
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That list is very weird. I get the point, but I doubt people would say the top 10 is anywhere near a top 10 for best schools.
It depends on how you define "best". If you define best by ROI value, then your list sucks.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:24 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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UGA places an incredibly high # of grass in Atlanta
This is definitely a big piece of this, like A&M with grads in cities like DFW/Houston areas.
Looking at a salary guide from a couple years ago (2016) from Robert Half.
If 100% was the average salary across the country:
Atlanta = 106.5%
Fayetteville/Little Rock = 95%
Mobile = 86%
Huntsville = 93%
Birmingham = 95%
Kansas City = 99.2%
St. Joseph = 91.0%
St. Louis = 100%
As a few comparison points
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:26 pm to thunderbird1100
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This is definitely a big piece of this, like A&M with grads in cities like DFW/Houston areas.
Yep
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:28 pm to thunderbird1100
quote:This is surprising.
17. Texas A&M
18. Vanderbilt
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:30 pm to Solo Cam
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This is surprising.
Not really, Vanderbilt is very expensive/private, A&M isn't by comparison. Plus A&M pumps grads at a high rate into high(er) paying jobs into cities that pay higher than your typical other SEC schools do.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:32 pm to thunderbird1100
Cost of living in Texas is fairly cheap and the major cities (Hou, Dal, etc) are cheaper than your NYs, LAs, SFs, NOs, etc.
I guess in general its more than Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama.
I guess in general its more than Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:34 pm to thunderbird1100
Dear lord, Alabama is 611!?!
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:39 pm to thunderbird1100
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SEC
17. Texas A&M
18. Vanderbilt
23. Florida
94. Georgia
274. LSU
348. Mississippi State
Big 6
Posted on 8/14/18 at 5:02 pm to thunderbird1100
But Ole Miss, flagship and shite, they must have taken mascots into account
Posted on 8/14/18 at 5:03 pm to thunderbird1100
The Big 1. 
Posted on 8/14/18 at 5:14 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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14. South Carolina - $84,700
SC as a state has low salaries and low cost of living. Many of UofSC graduates stay in state.
SC is poor as frick.
Schools like A&M have grads go to huge cities like Houston and Dallas where they can make the big bucks.
I can move to Texas and probably make 15% more doing the exact same thing I do now.
This post was edited on 8/14/18 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 8/14/18 at 5:21 pm to Solo Cam
quote:quote:This is surprising.
17. Texas A&M
18. Vanderbilt
I did my part to bring down the average back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, so it ain't my fault A&M is so high. Upon graduation as a 2LT I did not qualify for a credit card... which I know seems really weird these days, but it's true.
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