<p>bc,
Such a silly response. I’m surprised at you. Do you really disbelieve the following statement from my post about the importance of location?</p>
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<p>That really was the key point. Graduates of the most highly selective colleges have the greatest flexibility and greatest mobility. For the colleges you mention, the vast majority have student bodies that are in the Top 20-30 in the USA. I think that their students are pretty sought after and have good to excellent degrees of employment mobility. </p>
<p>For the ones you mention that aren’t as selective (GW, U Florida, U Miami, U Illinois (non-Engineering), U Georgia) the job prospects for the kids coming out of those colleges would be more influenced by the condition of their local economies. And this would be even more so once they leave their home region.</p>
<p>And if you go farther down the selectivity curve, the difficulty increases further still. </p>
<p>One other very key aspect that you are neglecting is where the students came from in the first place and where many of them have decided to live post-graduation over the past few decades. That can be a huge advantage and is a major reason why state school networks within the home state can be so powerful, eg, Texas A&M. Leave the state, however, and the power of the network declines. Look at your employer, U Minnesota, or your alma mater, U Michigan, or any other moderately selective or less college as examples of that.</p>