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That’s a good point. The data in the link is probably some combination of middling-earning SLAC grads (like one of the PPs said), plus kids with jobs harvested for them by mom or dad (like this PP said), plus people who went to grad school after the SLAC and earn a decent living (plus, people who go on to do meaningful work for a non profit, or a family business, or stay home for a spell to take care of a loved one, or whatever).   [/quote]
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Data points - my two kids both graduated from SLACs (one of them a top-3, the other a top-20). The econ major got a finance job in NYC through an alumni connection, eventually went to an Ivy B-school, now works in M&A for a medium-size company. The philosophy major got a NYC econ consulting job (with no econ courses on the resume), went to a top-3 law school after 2 years, did 2 federal clerkships, now practices in DC with a major international law firm. While this may not be typical of SLAC grads, it's not all that uncommon either. Not all of them join Teach for America or work on organic kale farms (not that there's anything wrong with that..)

Both of them could have been admitted to and would have done well at big state schools or Ivies but chose SLACs because of the perceived benefits of that type of college. Neither was disappointed.
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