Frequently those numbers are jaded to make the school look good. My school (a large state university) was in Newsweek's Top 10 list for CS programs, and claimed a 98% job offer rate for new graduates. The average salary was supposedly in the upper 50s. I graduated in 2001 and knew many people with no offers whatsoever... Granted, that was a horrible time to graduate with a CS degree.
For those of us that spent our college nights slaving over a hot lab terminal while our friends were out partying.. The sad truth is that people generally dont give a flying f* where you went to school. or even *if* you went to school. After a year or two out in the real world, all people care about is work experience.
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Frequently those numbers are jaded to make the school look good. My school (a large state university) was in Newsweek's Top 10 list for CS programs, and claimed a 98% job offer rate for new graduates. The average salary was supposedly in the upper 50s. I graduated in 2001 and knew many people with no offers whatsoever. .. Granted, that was a horrible time to graduate with a CS degree.
For those of us that spent our college nights slaving over a hot lab terminal while our friends were out partying.. The sad truth is that people generally dont give a flying f* where you went to school. or even *if* you went to school. After a year or two out in the real world, all people care about is work experience.