[samgro]

This isn't an apples to apples comparison, but according to the Prince, 41.5% of the graduating seniors my year (2008) "who had accepted full-time employment offers by graduation" were employed in the "financial sector" (http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/03/08/25465/).

Not an apples to apples comparison with the Yale article, but my reaction is still surprised that the number is that small at Yale.

[crazygringo]

Yale and Princeton student cultures could not be more different. Yale attracts a more ultra-liberal, save-the-world student body, whereas Princeton attracts a more ultra-conservative, make-the-money student body.

It doesn't suprise me that the original posted article came out of the Yale's student newspaper, instead of a Princeton one.

[peterzakin]

I think you're stereotyping too strongly here. The difference in character between Princeton and Yale is marginal.