Kelly pointed me to a very cool article about the relative starting salaries of students who graduate from universities in North Carolina.  Not surprisingly Duke was #1.  My sense is that some of the difference there might be attributable to North Carolina natives (and many out of state students) unwillingness to leave this beautiful state while the Dukies might just be passing through to high paying jobs in high cost of living, less desireable places to live.  Of course that is just my thought on the topic.

The really surprising news is that NCSU is #2.  I think that might be partly due to the greater rigor in their engineering programs.  Not unsurprisingly, UNC Chapel Hill was not even #3.  Wake Forest, North Carolina A&T, and UNC Charlotte all provided higher paying job opportunities for their graduates then UNC Chapel Hill.  Also not surprising, every school ahead of UNC Chapel Hill is a strong STEM schools with a full complement of Engineering programs.