整体看四大金刚里CMU，UCB，MIT学生毕业后继续迅速上升，Yale，Chicago，Washington U快速追赶。第一梯队七个学校里六个是公认的硬核学校。所谓毕业后 liberal art 学生超越Nerds后来居上没有在数据中显现出来。数据似乎说明大学硬核训练的学生潜力更大。
| College Name | starting income | 2nd Y Income | 3rd Year Income | Increase per year |
| Yale | NA | $122,038 | $168,803 | $23,383 |
| CMU | $138,900 | $160,116 | $201,541 | $20,880 |
| Chicago | $87,000 | NA | $142,172 | $18,391 |
| Washington U | $96,200 | NA | $149,178 | $17,659 |
| UCB CS | $114,800 | $125,388 | $161,399 | $15,533 |
| UCB EECE | $114,800 | $128,868 | $160,666 | $15,289 |
| MIT | $118,100 | $127,993 | $163,496 | $15,132 |
| Brown | $141,110 | $153,718 | $184,762 | $14,551 |
| Cornell | $116,300 | $122,485 | $158,076 | $13,925 |
| Columbia | $96,400 | $103,078 | $135,658 | $13,086 |
| Stanford | $126,400 | $136,499 | $165,375 | $12,992 |
| Michigan | NA | $94,281 | $117,745 | $11,732 |
| Harvey Mudd | $124,500 | $142,581 | $159,657 | $11,719 |
| Harvard | $128,900 | $128,737 | $163,896 | $11,665 |
| Duke | $99,600 | $106,898 | $134,542 | $11,647 |
| GIT | NA | $91,152 | $110,089 | $9,469 |
| Dartmouth | $100,500 | $113,015 | $128,856 | $9,452 |
| UPenn | $109,200 | $134,637 | $137,229 | $9,343 |
| UT Austin | NA | $79,558 | $97,550 | $8,996 |
| University of Washington | $92,000 | $101,221 | $118,800 | $8,933 |
| UIUC | $92,200 | $101,592 | $118,452 | $8,751 |
| Tufts University | $88,200 | $113,556 | $8,452 | |
| JHU | NA | $108,649 | $122,951 | $7,151 |
| Northwestern University | $88,500 | $98,403 | $105,307 | $5,602 |
