Regional value of different college degrees

[FCCDAD]

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[Erin_s_Dad]

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[PurpleTitan]

<p>Ouch! Emory gets no love . . .</p>

[beyphy]

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It’s not where you go to college (unless you’re aiming for Wall Street) but what you do there. Don’t expect the institution’s name to earn you much of anything. Expect what YOU do to make the difference. Bust your butt in college and take advantage of every opportunity for research, internships, new languages (computer or otherwise), quality education. Most students will not have the drive that successful people need before and after college; demonstrate by your resumé that you have it. If you have it, and if you develop the skills that employers in your field crave you, will find work and have a successful career.

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<p>There are certain employers who will only consider kids who went to top schools. This is not something that just holds for Wall st. or something that just holds for recent graduates. I don’t think this is true just because the employers are snobs (although in some cases it is.) Rather, attending and graduating from a top school, with a good GPA / good internships is evidence of a smart and hardworking person. These are factors that employers want, but they’re just one of many factors, with fit being another. I would agree that the vast majority of employers don’t just recruit at top schools, however.</p>

<p>I’ve never really bought the grad. school argument either. I’d imagine that the vast majority of four year college graduates do not go onto graduate school. And a graduate degree in and of itself won’t necessarily get you a (high-paying) job, and may land you with a lot of debt.</p>

<p>To answer the OPs question, I don’t think a degree from a school like tOSU would necessarily hurt you, but it probably wouldn’t give you a boost the way going to a more regionally reputable school would. As I said though, that’s just one of many factors on your resume and won’t determine whether you will or will not land a given interview / job.</p>

[ThatOneWeirdGuy]

<p>@beyphy‌ </p>

<p>tOSU is very reputable <em>regionally</em></p>

<p>I’m asking about it vs the top, selective schools. </p>

[simba9]

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There are certain employers who will only consider kids who went to top schools. This is not something that just holds for Wall st. or something that just holds for recent graduates.

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<p>I haven’t found this to be the case for technical jobs like engineering or CS. People don’t care that much where you went to school, especially after you’ve been working for more than three or four years. I work in places where you’ve got people from Stanford and MIT sitting next to, and doing the same thing as, people from schools you’ve never heard of in China and India.</p>

[Creekland]

<p>In our area where I have IRL experience, civil engineers hire regionally for first jobs and don’t give a hoot where someone went if they have relevant experience otherwise. This means if you ask employers, the best engineering schools are Penn St and Va Tech.</p>

<p>When we lived in FL, FL and GA schools were preferred.</p>

<p>There are enough applicants to not have to go outside local preferences unless someone has a hook.</p>

<p>YMMV</p>