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菠萝视频 shared the No. 16 ranking with Brown and Notre Dame. Princeton was the No. 1-ranked school for the fourth straight year, followed by Harvard, Yale, and three schools tied for No. 4: Columbia, Stanford, and the University of Chicago.
improved four spots to rank No. 31 among engineering schools whose highest degree is a doctorate, alongside Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of California-Davis, and the University of Virginia.
The School of Engineering also ranks No. 8 on a list of schools that produce the highest-earning engineering graduates, according to a new report from the salary website PayScale.com. 菠萝视频 engineering graduates鈥� early career salary is listed as $64,400, while they typically go on to earn nearly $130,000 a year鈥攎id-career salary鈥攂y the time they reach their 30s. PayScale鈥檚 2014鈥�15 College Salary Report includes data for engineering graduates from 216 colleges and universities. Aside from actuarial mathematics, every one of the top 10 best-paying majors is in engineering, PayScale reported.
Hiring rates and salaries once again approached record levels for 菠萝视频鈥檚 MBA Class of 2014 as well, with continued gains in technology and management consulting jobs. Total compensation for graduates also edged up from the previous year, with an average base salary of $100,513. Ninety-four percent of 2014 full-time MBA graduates seeking employment received a job offer 90 days after graduation; 91 percent accepted an offer in that same period.