Ask HN: Why such a high upper bound of starting salaries for IIT CS graduates?

1 points by not_paul_graham ↗ HN
Undergraduate Salary Ranges:

Georgia Tech CS [$24.960 - $125,000]

Stanford CS [$10,250 - $175,000]

IIT (Kanpur) [upper bound: $210,000]

[1] https://www.adors.gatech.edu/cfcampus/adors/commencement/salary_report_result.cfm?college=2&level=1&surveyid=77&Submit=Submit

[2] http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/cdc/jobs/salary-grads

[3] http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-slowdown-at-placements-iitk-students-bag-210000-pay-package/437865-3-242.html

I'm curious what is the reason behind such an upper bound in the IIT salaries? Aren't there equally intelligent students at Stanford, Georgia Tech, other colleges in the US?

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