美国大学毕业生薪水排行榜——足以颠覆对美国大学的认识
作者：曹贤水
和创留学联合创始人，人称水哥，《你也能去美国留学》作者，新浪博客，豆瓣和寄托天下等国内著名留学论坛的知名留学专家。亲自指导数百多名学生成功拿到哈佛、斯坦福、康奈尔、牛津大学、多伦多大学等世界顶尖名校的录取。
在留学申请选择学校的过程中，毕业之后的薪水是所有留学生和家长们非常关心的数据。尤其是在美国大学全面开放的今天，面对不菲的留学费用，大多数去美国留学的孩子和家长们选择学校时，毕业之后的薪水情况是非常重要的参考标准。我相信在很多国人的眼中，学校排名和薪水水平绝对是正相关的。
但是前些天看到PayScale的一项关于美国大学毕业生毕业收入排行榜，着实让我吃了一惊。像纽约理工，史蒂文斯理工这种国人眼中毫不起眼，甚至是AD狂，烂校的学校，居然排进了top 13。于是把这些数据贴出来，给大家看一下。
希望大家在选校时可以考虑的更加全面一些。而不是盲目迷信USNEWS的所谓权威排名。
Princeton University
Rank: 1
Mid-career salary: $137,000
Starting salary: $58,300
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 49%
Harvey Mudd College
Rank: 2
Mid-career salary: $135,000
Starting salary: $66,800
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 59%
California Institute of Technology
Rank: 3
Mid-career salary: $127,000
Starting salary: $67,400
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 58%
U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis
Rank: 4
Mid-career salary: $122,000
Starting salary: $72,200
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: N/A
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Rank: 5
Mid-career salary: $120,000
Starting salary: $76,000
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: N/A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rank: 6 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $118,000
Starting salary: $68,400
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 55%
Lehigh University
Rank: 6 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $118,000
Starting salary: $56,900
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 51%
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Rank: 8 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $117,000
Starting salary: $56,800
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 58%
Babson College
Rank: 8 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $117,000
Starting salary: $56,700
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 36%
Stanford University
Rank: 10
Mid-career salary: $114,000
Starting salary: $58,200
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 59%
Williams College
Rank: 11
Mid-career salary: $113,000
Starting salary: $53,600
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 54%
Stevens Institute of Technology
Rank: 12
Mid-career salary: $112,000
Starting salary: $60,900
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 43%
University of Notre Dame
Rank: 13 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $111,000
Starting salary: $53,400
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 50%
Harvard University
Rank: 13 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $111,000
Starting salary: $50,700
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 60%
Dartmouth College
Rank: 13 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $111,000
Starting salary: $54,100
% of grads who think their job is meaningful: 48%
Colgate University
Rank: 13 (tie)
Mid-career salary: $111,000
Starting salary: $49,700
% of grads who think they're in meaningful jobs: 40%
不过，同时我也想提醒大家，也不要盲目迷信PayScale这个数据。如果仔细分析一下上述数据，我们需要注意两点，第一这个统计是本科毕业生的，第二数据中很大的组成部分肯定是美国本土毕业生。
基于这两点，大家就应该明白，这个数据对于咱们中国学生不太适用的。所以还是跟大家强调一下，各种排名是死的，只是用来参考的。咱们在留学申请选择学校的过程中，要全面根据自己的申请需求，职业目标等因素进行学校选择。
