<p>Graduate placement is an important metric… but how different are top privates from top publics in terms of acceptance to top ranked grad programs by students who WANT to apply to them (i.e., not just the rate of students going on to grad school). Obviously at large state schools like UT, the vast majority of graduates are going to have little interest in continuing beyond undergrad (a major reason for the for the strong ‘vocational’ undergrad programs in business, engineering, and film, for example). But how different are the acceptance rates for the students who choose to go on, and to top ranked grad programs? (I don’t know how to accurately measure this). What about when it comes to students with stats more in line with the Ivy students at public honors programs. Are the acceptance rates of UT Plan II students to top grad schools really that different from the Ivies, for example?</p>