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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've always felt the "top 3 schools" are actually about 5 schools.
The top 10 are about 15.
The top 25 are probably about 35-40 schools.

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There is probably some truth in that in that no one can actually agree on what they are.  USNWR is the most referenced, but they have Stanford at #6 and not top 3 for instance.[/quote]

Here’s a secret that you all probably will think is crazy, but is true: The average student will have about the same average outcome going to any of the top 50 research universities, so long as they work hard and get the most out of what their university has to offer. [/quote]

That’s not what this appears to show

https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html[/quote]

If you were to control by COLA differences in terms of where the grads are living, most of the salary differences will go away. That’s really what you’re seeing there more than anything else. [/quote]

That’s a cute theory with no actual support. [/quote]

There’s support from the table itself.

Take the University of North Dakota, which almost certainly has mostly kids who graduate and live in North Dakota. Average mid-career median salary is $80K.

Guess what?

That $80K in North Dakota is worth more, adjusted for cost of living, than the $124K the average MIT grad is making mid-career living in a major metro area. [/quote]

How about the UVA grad with median of $104?  Is that because they all choose in live in Charlottesville?

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The difference between UVA and the highest median mid-career salary on that table—$124K—really isn’t that much. It’s $20K. [/quote]

Well the highest is $134. Even at 124 it’s  20%. Would you take twenty percent less for your job?[/quote]

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