Methodology matters… around a decade ago the WSJ ranked schools based on what recruiters reported in a survey, and of the top 25, 15 were “elite” publics like UofM, UIUC, UNC Chapel Hill, etc. The top school? Penn State. The only Ivy to make the list was Cornell, on the strength of its hotel management and engineering programs.
Of course, corporate recruiters were looking for new cogs in the machine. Had the WSJ surveyed top consulting firms where they are selling prestige to clients the list would have been very different.