This is a very generic question and may have been answered - Has there been any correlation established between graduating from private or public university and first-job opportunities? Or, have the employers been seen to show a bias? Thanks
I think the question is too broad. Certainly some colleges have a close affiliation with certain employers (Dupont and UDel), and some professions look at top private Us differently (IBanking). For the most part I believe employers are open to graduates of all schools.
If you are looking for pulp and paper engineers, you are hiring from U Maine. It doesn’t matter that it’s a public- there are two handfuls of top programs in pulp and paper, and you are going to be recruiting from all or most of them.
Large auction house? You are recruiting at Williams. Not because it’s private, but because it has one of the top art history programs in the country AND everyone in the art world (museums, historical societies, auction houses, the publications which cover the art market) has relationships with the “Williams Mafia” in the business.
If you are looking for entry level management talent for a global hotel chain, you are likely recruiting at Cornell.
We could probably be more helpful if you could be more specific.
Thanks @blossom , @“Erin’s Dad”. I got answer to my basic question, i.e. there is no strong correlation established. The query was generic, as I said, and in the context of using this as a factor in choosing the college among the ones that have given admission. We still have ~40 days to get there for this admission season. Thanks for your comments.
No, the answer is that it depends on which public u, which private school, which location, which major and what the future job is. A kid that wants to work on Wall St. would get a different answer than one who wants to be a civil engineer.
And it would depend on the kid as well.
I think this depends on the school, major, student, etc. There is no clear answer.