[adamcanady]

I'm a junior at Carleton, #2 on the list. It's interesting to see these rankings come out since I have been under the impression that our graduates don't enter STEM fields through normal channels. Until recently, our CS department didn't have very many majors, and many of the graduates majored in liberal arts areas. These folks found their way into big tech and financial companies or ended up starting their own businesses several years after graduation.

Talking to alumni, I've always heard this is because of the ability to learn how to communicate here, but I think the difficult course load contributes a lot to character throughout 4 years here. I'd be interested to hear how this compares to other institutions.

The additional stats on the Brookings.edu page [1] were interesting as well.

[1] http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2015/04/29-beyond...