Not making an argument in regards to strength of name and job. We know @momsearcheng student is struggling - either 9 months or 15 months out of Ga Tech.
I’d assume like every school - there will be hired, continuing education and not hired.
UConn, for 2024, shows 50% in more school, 46.5% employed and 4.5% seeking. Not sure when the snapshot was taken.
Purdue shows for 2024 an average of 73.4k - so within UM and UCONN range.
They show 45% employed. 47% continuing education. 7% not employed.
If you look at top ranked UCB from last year for ECE, at last snapshot, 24% were still seeking - taken months after graduation.
I don’t want to go down the survey quality rabbit hole again - but to answer your question, while I understand why you, others and even I see value in a name, I think by skipping a year a student passed up a year of earning and I don’t think going to UMich necessarily means getting a job vs U Mass - simply because of the name. I’m admittedly jaded because my son interned alongside two from arguably the top engineering school in the country from an SEC school - and was invited back a second summer and they were not.
In reality, the student didn’t really skip tho as they took classes - and @Mwfan1921 brought up a great point on maybe being a transfer now.
Back to power of the name being that clear differentiator - UCB example for ECE - other schools have far less seeking but they aren’t the same big name.
But don’t want to go down this rabbit hole again.
But that is my opinion (and yes others disagree) - that especially in engineering people over estimate the power of the name - maybe short of an MIT/Cal Tech/CMU/Stanford. ABET accredidation, where needed, would be my concern.
Thanks