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12.2 Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

Does the higher cost of tuition translate into higher-paying jobs? The table lists the top ten colleges based on mid-career salary and the associated yearly tuition costs. Construct a scatter plot of the data.

School Mid-Career Salary (in thousands) Yearly Tuition
Princeton 137 57,410
Harvey Mudd 135 62,817
CalTech 127 60,864
US Naval Academy 122 0
West Point 120 0
MIT 118 57,986
Lehigh University 118 59,930
NYU-Poly 117 58,168
Babson College 117 56,576
Stanford 114 56,169

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