xAbre1200

The only thing stopping me from going to UCR is that I do not know what percentage of their Grads are hired. Combined with todays tough economy, i'm not sure if UCR is the right choice for computer engineering.

Does anyone know the percentage of UCR grads that are hired after graduation? Because I know some UCB engineering grads who have graduated and are jobless... i'm just worried about looking for a job after college with a UCR degree.

iamjustin

A degree that says UCR versus some other UC is not going to make or break you getting a job. Any employer that would solely recruit from one specific school over another is an idiot.


I really would not worry about that at all. There are so many other factors in getting hired, this is extremely minuscule.

tehlunatic

Yea getting a job wouldnt be any harder than graduates from other UCs. Right now students are having a harder time getting jobs because of the economic crisis but by the time we graduate, it is most likely that the crisis would be over.

Also UCR like any other UCs have connections to other big companies.

This came from online:
Graduates from UC Riverside often find work in sectors including
accounting, consumer products and services, engineering, financial
services, government, health care, manufacturing and industry, as well
as retail and transportation. UC Riverside has partnered with Fortune
500 companies and other employers that hire students, including
Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer
Inc., Amgen, and PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. The school’s engineering
and science graduates have been hired by big names like
Microsoft, Boeing, and Unisys. Graduates moving into accounting,
financial services, and consumer products have been snatched up by
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Merrill Lynch,
New York Life Insurance Company, Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.,
Target, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Wells Fargo & Company, American Express,
and many departments within local, state, and federal government.