There is another HN article that shows salary for STEM majors at mid career was equivalent, irrespective if school. According to that article, at 44, I'm making more than the average MIT grad of the same age, and I went to KU.
Load the /amp version of the page: http://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/do-elite-colleges-lead-to-hi...
open javascript console, and enter:
document.querySelector(".login-section-container").style.display = 'none';
document.querySelector("div[amp-access='access OR meterCount < meterLimit']").style.display = 'inline';
(The old /amp hack doesn't work because they added a selector for meter limit.)