Corporate employers prefer State University grads over Ivy Leaguers
A recent survey by the Wall Street Journal has pointed to a shift in the perception of the value of an Ivy League education versus other public and private universities. Penn State was ranked first in preparing students for the workforce based on the responses from hiring specialists at almost 500 companies and institutions nationwide. Of the 25 schools on the list of HR’s favorites to hire, only one was an Ivy League (Cornell University).
Here are the rankings:
1. Penn State
2. Texas A&M
3. Illinois
4. Purdue
5. Arizona State
6. University of Michigan
7. Georgia Institute of Technology
8. University of Maryland
9. University of Florida
10. Carnegie Mellon
11. Brigham Young
12. Ohio State
13. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
14. Cornell University
15. University of California at Berkeley
16. University of Wisconsin at Madison
17. University of California at Los Angelos
18. Texas Tech
19. NC State University
19. University of Virginia (tie)
20. Rutgers University
21. University of Notre Dame
22. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
23. University of Southern California
24. Washington State University (tie)
source: HULIQ
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