<p>At one large Chicago engineering firm, a long time ago,people were recruited primarily from the following schools :</p>
<p>U Illinois Urbana Champagne-
seemed to be considered by far the best source of good candididates, at
that firm
Illinois Institute of Technology
U Illinois Chicago Circle
Notre Dame
-maybe Purdue & Wisconsin
- a smattering of out-of-region “national” schools thrown in, including Rice, MIT, etc.
National recruiting was only at a few selected major schools; regional recruiting was more the focus there.</p>
<p>Oddly I don’t recall anyone from Northwestern at all. Though people got MBAs in their night program.</p>
<p>you might also check out Rose-Hulman, though I don’t remember anyone from there.</p>