Hi Guys,
I am recently admitted to engineering for both Purdue and UIUC. I am concerned that the overall ranking of Purdue is way lower than UIUC. Their Engineering rankings are similar.
Will the lower overall ranking of Purdue decrease the job opportunities I will receive after I graduate compared to that of UIUC?
How do companies view engineering students from purdue and UIUC?
IMO nobody in the engineering circles care too much about overall school rankings, they really only focus on the engineering one. With such similar engineering rankings, employers really see no big difference between Purdue or UIUC grads, and only would differentiate the students based on what they accomplish at each school. Each of these schools have great programs and if you have a solid GPA and good work experience/research you can get almost any engineering job or even get into many top grad programs. Overall, there is an insignificant difference between the school “names”, and I would instead pick one based on other factors (such as price, campus, location…).