What's the overall opinion of UGA?

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Prestige is relative for the most part outside of the Ivy Leagues, of course.

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<p>Like any subjective judgement, you can quantitatively measure it by surveying a large sample. </p>

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Hiring rates…not really sure how those can be accurately cross-compared. For example, how do you compare a private school with 2,000 students in a large city with no graduate degree programs to a large school, like UGA, with multiple graduate level programs located in a college town. Of course hiring rates will be higher for the smaller school (no grad programs means greater likelihood to go straight into the job market).

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<p>You calculate hiring rate as a percentage after you’ve removed the graduate school bound students from the sample. </p>

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I would be very surprised if these ranking systems you speak of are able to take everything into consideration.

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<p>Then I guess you surprise easily. Because this isn’t rocket science.</p>

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Salaries, like the other two, are relative.

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<p>No, it’s not. $55,000 is more than $40,000. The ranking systems even adjust for cost of living to keep things on a level basis. </p>

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Finally, you’re assuming that all students want the same thing when applying to college: a job upon graduation with a good salary.

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<p>You’ve got me there. If your goal is to have 4 years of fun then be unemployed, these ranking systems aren’t for you.</p>