If it helps any-and it probably doesn’t-it’s unlikely that he’s getting paid. It’s just both his worldview and his knowledge of colleges are pretty limited. Which isn’t that unusual; way back when, the college counselor at my high school had 12(yep, an even dozen) colleges he recommended, no matter what your planned major was. He wouldn’t recommend all 12(except to those students viewed as the very best) to most kids; 5 or 6 was enough. But he never left the dozen; it became a running joke-and contest-among the students to see who could get all 12.