The average offer for CS at UIUC is $72,286 [1], so the statement "only the most skewed [figures] come up with starting salaries approaching $60,000 annually" is definitely false.  This article is factually incorrect and has a link bait title.  Flagged.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://docs.google.com/viewer%3Fa%3Dv%26q%3Dcache:TmXeL0hhtngJ:https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/download/attachments/25723907/Salary%252Band%252Bplacement%252Bsummary%252B8.09%253Fversion%253D1%2526modificationDate%253D1249934064963%2Buiuc%2Bcomputer%2Bscience%2Bsalary%26hl%3Den%26gl%3Dus%26pid%3Dbl%26srcid%3DADGEESiVpcwjOGN2jd5y2FCT9e0zz9M1qwJ538b1vBDtYdHRkg6YcIZ87Q_DZ4Hxs24SfEaE7aQ9tmR79-1Az5Fuu3V2PROyX8KbUwN-C0ExlN_lEHxymX9EGFZEq7ArCOwQy-LdFM4c%26sig%3DAHIEtbRCvFTRRXiTIeHzDvZda2ZQ8Lzcxw&#38;ei=5aNdS9rCGpGuNo2wnIYP&#38;sa=X&#38;oi=gview&#38;resnum=5&#38;ct=other&#38;ved=0CBoQxQEwBA&#38;usg=AFQjCNHTx4ElM7-fhLY6TlNv9WDASrnsYQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/url?q=http://docs.google.com/viewer%3F...</a><p>EDIT:  You'll also note that the document I provided shows the National Association of Colleges &#38; Employers
(NACE) average right around $60k.