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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answer to the original post is easy to obtain: just compare the USNWR list from 1990 to the present one. What moved up, what went down? Or course, some will snark about USNWR, but from a layperson‘s perspective, it is the most used rankings. And, since OP is asking this on a layperson board, it seems a reasonable resource. [/quote]

Yes. Can we end this thread? It’s the BSers arguing back and forth about irrelevant stuff or stuff they know nothing about. The latest rage is the importance of STEM. Do these donkeys really think that the ranking experts don’t understand the importance of STEM? And, if the ranking organizations do, the importance of STEM is already incorporated into the current rankings. What the donkeys don’t seem to realize is that STEM is NOT everything. In fact, technology mostly allows us to do the same things we’ve done for thousands of years, but more quickly and efficiently. That means that the underlying issues of what makes human life meaningful and sustainable - the essence of a liberal arts education - is still more foundational than STEM. So, yes, Yale still matters (DP than the raging argument between donkeys). [/quote]

What matters is actually relatively objectively measured by the society and in the market, and it's well reflected in the salary.
The ones who pay for the outcome of the education would objectively evaluate and are willing to pay you that much.
 
Starting median salaries by the data from the Department of the Education: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

Yale history - $47,260
Yale psychology - $38,289
Yale Ethics etc - $35,060
Yale Political Science - $4,8823
Yale English/Literature - $47,260

Illinois Urbana Computer engineering - $84,100
Northeastern computer science - $89,413
Carengie mellon Statistics -  $88,506
Georgia Tech - computer science  - $91,152

Your little head and imagination doesn't dictate what's valuable and what matters. 
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Really?! Is this your argument? Salaries show how much a society values a set of skills, in this case skills immediately out of college. Sure, tech salaries are higher than humanities salaries, because the education is TOTALLY different. Tech degrees are professional studies, humanities degrees are not. Notice that your tech salaries are hardly differentiated, yet the graduates come from different schools. So, are you ready to say. CMU = NEU? What your analysis neglects is perspective. Many Yale graduates who major in the humanities later attend a top-tier law school, join Big Law, and make $500-$1000k. Also, many Carnegie Mellon students become standouts in their field and eventually make multiples of what other CS graduates make. [/quote]

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