Is the location of university an important factor in finding a job?

[bclintonk]

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@hawkette

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.

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<p>LOL. Michigan has 460,000 living alumni spread across all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, with active alumni organizations in 30 foreign and 70 U.S. cities, including all the largest U.S. job markets—as well as the only alumni association chapter ever established on the moon, founded in 1971 when the all-Michigan crew of Apollo 15 placed a commemorative plaque on the lunar surface. Its alumni groups in major job centers like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are among the largest and most active, regularly sponsoring job fairs, job postings, job boards, mentoring services, and other career networking opportunities for both graduating students and mid-career job seekers. Its living alumni include the co-founder of Google and at least 16 other billionaires, the Dean of Harvard Law School, neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, soprano Jessye Norman, conservative pundit Ann Coulter, the inventor of the iPod, and the voice of Darth Vader . . . among many others. The idea that people who go to a school like Michigan will be shut out of other job markets and career opportunities is about the most ridiculous thing you could possibly suggest.</p>