Study Exposes How Some Colleges Inflate Job Placement Statistics

An article on DEV Community argues that many higher education institutions use misleading or fabricated job placement figures to attract students and parents. It says a single high offer can skew average salary claims, making them unrepresentative of most graduates. The piece also describes practices such as claiming credit for offers students secured themselves, counting letters of intent that may never materialise, and classing unpaid internships as placements. It further alleges that some colleges require extra fees for placement training and place engineering graduates in low-skill roles while still recording them as placed. The author contends that the absence of independent audits lets institutions report unverified figures to ranking agencies.