--- title: Graduates of this Hot College Program Are Earning $200,000 Right Out of School description: Carnegie Mellon university in Pittsburgh, now America's self-driving car research capital, is spinning out graduates earning $200K. authors: - name: Rob Wile url: https://money.com/author/rob-wile/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 191 covers: - Career Advice - Business - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/rjwile former_staff: true published: '2017-09-18T14:56:42.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:50:22.000Z' section: Career Advice tags: - College - college major - college majors - Computer Science - first job - salaries - self-driving cars word_count: 238 canonical: https://money.com/high-paying-jobs-college-vision-pittsburgh-uber/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Uber Experiments With Driverless Cars](https://img.money.com/2017/09/computervisionuber-cr-609845720.jpg) *Uber is one of four firms running self-driving car research operations in Pittsburgh.* CNBC [reports](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/16/pittsburghs-self-driving-car-boom-means-200000-pay-packages-for-robotics-grads.html) Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is spinning out graduates earning $200,000 to work in the rapidly growing field of self-driving cars. Pittsburgh has become America's unofficial self-driving car research capital. At least four companies in the autonomous vehicle business, including Uber, have set up offices in the city; they've been testing its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh's streets since 2016. Andrew Moore, the dean of Carnegie Mellon's computer science school, said that graduates of its [computer vision](http://ri.cmu.edu/education/academic-programs/master-of-science-computer-vision-mscv/mscv-program-curriculum/) program are getting job offers from these firms with pay packages of upwards of $200,000 right out of school. It's a situation that's "unheard of for any role until recently," Moore said. "It does feel very much like a gold rush town at the moment," he added. Computer science and engineering are always ranked among the [highest-paid college majors](https://money.com/highest-paying-jobs-recent-bachelors-degree/). But it's fairly rare even for engineers and computer science majors to earn over $100,000 right after graduating, let alone $200,000. Computer vision is a specialized field focused on enabling computers and other machines to "see" as well, or even better than, a human. It's obviously an essential subject of research for companies in the business of self-driving cars. Carnegie Mellon's program costs a hefty $68,000 a year. But what with the lofty salaries commanded by graduates, the program can quickly pay for itself for students. 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