<p>Generally, do top employers in the U.S. and abroad prefer a graduate of an Ivy League University or a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge? I have the potential to study at any of those institutions and was wondering whether an English education would hurt my chances in the American professional environment. If it helps, I am looking to major in some sort of science, engineering, or business, most probably for computer engineering or economy/business management. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>in America, Ivy, in Britain, Oxbridge…so where do you want to live for at least the initial phase of your career?</p>
<p>Any employer worth their salt will know that both are as instituions are as good as they come and will make very little distinctions between them. Going to either will certainly not “hurt your chances” to do anything, quite the opposite in fact.</p>
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<li>HYP</li>
<li>Oxford/Cambridge/Stanford</li>
<li>the rest</li>
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<p>depends what you want to study. the majority of oxbridge students study very unhelpful subjects (career-wise). the average salary for first job is well under 25,000 pounds. it will make no difference if you study at a TOP ivy or oxbridge in a good field. what is more important is internship etc. and career counselling which at ivies are better</p>
<p>^What a stupid thing to say. UK employers for the most part do not care what your degree is in, especially if you’re an Oxbridge graduate. Just to illustrate my point, my friend studied Old Norse at Cambridge and now earns rather a lot of money working at Deutsche Bank.</p>
<p>The type of degree matters more in Britain than in the US-- a First at Oxbridge follows one–as does a 2/2 or Heaven forfend,a Third. At an Ivy, summas matter more in one is interested in academics, otherwise, to employers, not so much. The field matters more in the States than Britain. </p>
<p>In the old days the Civil Service was chock-a-block full of “high fliers” who had Firsts in the Greats. Now the Greats doesn’t even exist any longer (harrumph).</p>
<p>@Dionysus58 do they actually do Old Norse at Cambridge??? If so I’m scrapping my Ivy plans and taking that!!! :)</p>
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Yes, it’s under ASNC. [Undergraduate</a> Admissions: Cambridge Admissions Office - Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic](<a href=“http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/asnc/index.html]Undergraduate”>Study at Cambridge | University of Cambridge)</p>
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