Trying to dispell the wild speculations on CS undergraduate earnings claims. Not to deny some outliers who make staggering amount of money after graduate. They are exceptions but not norms.
Data is based on filings received by collegeboard. Since these filings have legal implication they should be considered very accurate. Only students with Fed aid or loans are reported. So it may be considered as not complete but still indicative. Most public school acceptance rates are not included since they only report school level data but CS admission are independent.
the salary information is from the colleges/universities
Field of Study Median Earnings
The median annual earnings of students two years after graduation. Only data from students who received federal financial aid are included in the calculation.
These data are based on school-reported information about students’ program of completion. The U.S. Department of Education cannot fully confirm the completeness of these reported data for this school.
Trying to dispell the wild speculations on CS undergraduate earnings claims. Not to deny some outliers who make staggering amount of money after graduate. They are exceptions but not norms.
Data is based on filings received by collegeboard. Since these filings have legal implication they should be considered very accurate. Only students with Fed aid or loans are reported. So it may be considered as not complete but still indicative. Most public school acceptance rates are not included since they only report school level data but CS admission are independent.
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/?page=0&sort=completion_rate:desc&toggle=institutions
旗舰州大除了UCB外都比预想的低不少。
我看看那个还在不
https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-majors/computer-science
PayScale’s College Salary Report可能包含更多些
Pay scale 可能也不是所有人愿意去填资料
https://blog.cs.brown.edu/2020/02/27/gradreports-ranks-brown-cs-first-colleges-computer-science/
虽然这里是引用另外一个报道，但是这是他们CS系的blog, 如果数字和他们自己掌握的信息出入很大的话，他们是不会引用的。
Field of Study Median Earnings
The median annual earnings of students two years after graduation. Only data from students who received federal financial aid are included in the calculation.
These data are based on school-reported information about students’ program of completion. The U.S. Department of Education cannot fully confirm the completeness of these reported data for this school.
Here is a detailed discussion about the field data. Looks like it did only includes earning of students with Fed aid.
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/assets/FieldOfStudyDataDocumentation.pdf
The cohort of evaluated graduates for earnings metrics consists of those individuals who received federal financial aid, but excludes6 those who
were subsequently enrolled in school during the measurement year,
died prior to the end of the measurement year,
received a higher-level credential than the credential level of the field of study measured,7 and
did not work during the measurement year.
In addition, for the top schools, how many underperforming URMs can graduate from CS program?
The cohort of evaluated graduates for earnings metrics consists of those individuals who received federal financial aid, but excludes6 those who
were subsequently enrolled in school during the measurement year,
died prior to the end of the measurement year,
received a higher-level credential than the credential level of the field of study measured,7 and
did not work during the measurement year.