ROI for attending 70K+ colleges & Universities

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really think a GMU CS degree is on par with that from CMU? What is next, MIT? Are we gonna have to hear how a GMU CS degree is a worthy alternative to MIT CS?

For a very few, MIT is definitely worth the money. For the rest, it makes no difference.

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Anonymous wrote:This argument is so stupid. Everyone in the engineering side of the computer biz knows the average CMU CS grad is heads and shoulders above the average state flagship grad, with perhaps exception of Berkeley grads.

That is correct but that does not mean it translates into CMU grad makes more money than GMU grad. The average CMU grad makes the same salary as GMU grad. My oldest graduated from CMU with 3.7GPA in CS and he works for Amazon for 120k starting salary. His younger brother graduated from JMU with 3.6 GPA in CS because he wanted to play sport there as a recruited athlete, also works for Amazon in sale for 120K starting salary. That was two years ago. The younger one just got promoted last year and he is making 145k. His older brother is still making 120k.

Again, we can only compare averages. The brothers probably have similar IQs which may be par for CMU and above for GMU.

Someone have to graduate at the bottom half at CMU, right? Is it worth the money to attend CMU if you graduate in the bottom half at CMU?

You need to compare bottom half 50% CMU with bottoms 50% GMU. The median CMU CS salary is $115,000. The median GMU CS salary is $59,000. Start from there.

Someone have to graduate at the bottom half at CMU, right? Is it worth the money to attend CMU if you graduate in the bottom half at CMU?

Yes, cuz bottom 10% CMU still lords over top 90% GMU.

No one with a CS degree is making $59k from any universities. That’s just laughable. My niece just graduated from GMU in CS/Cybersecurity and she got an offered from one of the government contractors for 110K.

Is that 110K in USD, or in pesos?

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really think a GMU CS degree is on par with that from CMU? What is next, MIT? Are we gonna have to hear how a GMU CS degree is a worthy alternative to MIT CS?

For a very few, MIT is definitely worth the money. For the rest, it makes no difference.

Crazies are coming out.

GMU = MIT
Coding Bootcamps = GMU
Ergo, Coding boot camps = MIT

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really think a GMU CS degree is on par with that from CMU? What is next, MIT? Are we gonna have to hear how a GMU CS degree is a worthy alternative to MIT CS?

For a very few, MIT is definitely worth the money. For the rest, it makes no difference.

Crazies are coming out.

GMU = MIT
Coding Bootcamps = GMU
Ergo, Coding boot camps = MIT

Fyi-- coding bootcamps are increasingly of concern for CS departments. I attended a national higher ed conference that discussed this growing threat to enrollment.

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This is why you start saving from birth. So you have the money at 18 and don't have to worry over things like ROI.

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really think a GMU CS degree is on par with that from CMU? What is next, MIT? Are we gonna have to hear how a GMU CS degree is a worthy alternative to MIT CS?

For a very few, MIT is definitely worth the money. For the rest, it makes no difference.

Crazies are coming out.

GMU = MIT
Coding Bootcamps = GMU
Ergo, Coding boot camps = MIT

No one said GMU = MIT you fool. What they are saying is that MIT will benefit a very few but a majority of them will make the same money as people graduate from GMU. The federal government pays you the same starting salary regardless of MIT or GMU for the same degree.

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really think a GMU CS degree is on par with that from CMU? What is next, MIT? Are we gonna have to hear how a GMU CS degree is a worthy alternative to MIT CS?

For a very few, MIT is definitely worth the money. For the rest, it makes no difference.

Crazies are coming out.

GMU = MIT
Coding Bootcamps = GMU
Ergo, Coding boot camps = MIT

No one said GMU = MIT you fool. What they are saying is that MIT will benefit a very few but a majority of them will make the same money as people graduate from GMU. The federal government pays you the same starting salary regardless of MIT or GMU for the same degree.

The difference is, while GMU needs a federal handout, MIT prefers to start their own startups. GMU people are consumers of what MIT, CMU, Stanford, Columbia... produce in technology. No one’s ever gone to GMU and came out a leader in his or her field.

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For us, we told our kids to go instate since we got them VA prepaid and 529 accounts. If we didn't and have to pay out of pocket then GMU would have been lower cost, but since all of them got into UVA, it was a no brainer as far as making the most of the va prepaid.

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really think a GMU CS degree is on par with that from CMU? What is next, MIT? Are we gonna have to hear how a GMU CS degree is a worthy alternative to MIT CS?

For a very few, MIT is definitely worth the money. For the rest, it makes no difference.

Crazies are coming out.

GMU = MIT
Coding Bootcamps = GMU
Ergo, Coding boot camps = MIT

No one said GMU = MIT you fool. What they are saying is that MIT will benefit a very few but a majority of them will make the same money as people graduate from GMU. The federal government pays you the same starting salary regardless of MIT or GMU for the same degree.

The difference is, while GMU needs a federal handout, MIT prefers to start their own startups. GMU people are consumers of what MIT, CMU, Stanford, Columbia... produce in technology. No one’s ever gone to GMU and came out a leader in his or her field.

You mean like Elizabeth Holmes who is currently on trial for fraud? Didn’t she attend Stanford? Some leaders, right?

What do you mean GMU needs a handout?