UWaterloo SE ‘20 Survey. 🧐 Interesting 🧐 results

For those who dont know, UWaterloo Software Engineering is an extremely competitive program in Canada with an average highschool average requriement of around 95-96%. The coop program is easily the best in Canada with 86% of graduates landing a coop in California (something very difficult for Canadians). They had a massive survey of their 2020 grads and there are some interesting takeaways: - Household income and education level of parents did not significantly affect GPA - Average first coop salary was $20/hr, by the sixth coop, average salary was $65/hr (CAD) - Coop salaries in the US were 2x as much as in Canada - Students who learned to code before age 15 on average had a higher first coop salary compared to those who started later. But by the last coop term, there was no significant difference. - Those who worked on side projects “very often” acheived higher coop salary than those who didnt. - 60% of students have had sex - >50% of students had consumed weed - >60% had stuggled with mental health - Average base salary for career after graduating was 175k (CAD) Check out the data: https://uw-se-2020-class-profile.github.io/profile.pdf