I'm not talking about the Harvard's of the world. Good solid schools in this area for example Public Universities of Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Miami of Ohio or private schools like Dayton, Butler and others graduating lots of kids who are getting good jobs. Our subdivision is full of kids getting jobs and many $50K - $60K+ right out of school.
My son is at one of these schools now, had 8 interviews for co-op jobs last month (all paid $15-$20 an hour) and is expecting his 4th co-op offer from those 8 interviews before the end of the week.