<p>Does the location of where you go to college most likely where you will get a job?
I want to work in business, accounting more specifically, I am from California and am looking at some schools that are out East. So is it likely let's say if I went to Boston College or Emory that once I graduated my career has a better start, or easier transition to getting a job in the college's area. I definitely would like to be in California after graduation, but will it be tougher to find a job against grads of the other schools in California?</p>
<p>Companies usually recruit from schools in their region. If you want to work in California, you might as well save some money and go to a public school there (if you’re a resident). If you can get into schools like BC and Emory, you’d probably be able to get into schools like UCB, UCLA, and UCSB for accounting. It will be harder to get a job in California if you go to school in the East.</p>
<p>I guess the question is why don’t you want to go to school in CA?</p>
<p>Oh no I still am keeping California schools into high consideration, but I just want to look at some other viable options</p>
<p>You have a few schools in each field which are national and international destinations for employers (roughly the top 10 or so, but it varies by field). From these schools you can go anywhere. Outside of the very top schools, hiring is heavily regional.</p>
<p>National corporations are often exceptions, though. If the Atlanta office of a national firm recruits and hires you, often you can ask to be relocated to a different office if there is need. I bet the Big 4 fall into this exception. You might want to ask someone specifically about that.</p>