Does anyone actually care where I go to school (engineering)?

monydad
Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:11:45 +0000

Not directly on point, but interesting,. re: hiring at the next level:

“This study looks at the distribution of faculty members at the top 10 ranked mechanical
engineering programs and where they received their doctorate. More than 60% of faculty
members at the 10 top-ranked institutions have received their doctorate from these institutions
themselves, and that 45% of all faculty and 72% of those who received their doctorate at one of
the top 10 research institution in the United States received their doctorate at one of the top four
ranked schools. If one includes other Ivy League schools and major international universities,
this number increases to nearly 80%.”

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Noah/My%20Documents/Downloads/ASEE2012-Saigal-Final.pdf

So the question would be what is UB representation in those graduate programs.
Some schools/ departments give bios of the PHD students associated with each their labs , and their Phd students currently looking for jobs, you could see if any of that info is available for the top 10 grad mech e programs, and look at the undergrad schools of their grad students. Or maybe there’s some other resource to get that info, I don’t know. Heck there’s only ten “top ten” schools, you could call ten mech e departments and ask them if they currently have grad students there from UB, and how many.
Or you could work the other way and ask UB the same question.