Top 5 Schools vs. the Rest

dallas808
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:24:27 +0000

Real significant difference? No.

Reputation/strength in specific programs often lure in an additional set of (smaller) recruiters to a school. But, overall, grads from most top 15 schools get the same face time with an almost identical set of major hiring firms.

The avg salary used in national ranking don’t factor in geographical differences and the pay difference between industries. E.g. Yale historically has a larger percentage of grads who go into non-profit/public sectors. Those low salary figures hurt them (in ranking) even though their Wall-St grads make about the same as others. Some schools break down salary/bonus information based on industry so compare those.