LinkedIn Ranking: Colleges that Produce the Best Careers

[Anonymous]

Check the WSJ rankings if you’re looking for more info on Babson.

[Anonymous]

Babson virtually equal w/Harvard and Bentley w/Tufts?

Some weirdo from MA with an ax to grind clearly made this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-colleges-2025-50-best-long-term-career-success-kritf/

Pretty interesting, and I think it highlights the problem with traditional college rankings. I was surprised to see Babson at #7, but my surprise was mostly because I'm not used to seeing Babson ranked so high on other rankings. So it creates a self-reinforcing cycle in a way... but I didn't have any concrete reason to believe Babson can't be top 10 for developing a strong career. Anyways, thoughts?

1. Princeton
2. Duke
3. Penn
4. MIT
5. Cornell
6. Harvard
7. Babson
8. Notre Dame
9. Dartmouth
10. Stanford
11. Northwestern
12. UVA
13. Vanderbilt
14. Brown
15. Bentley
16. Tufts
17. Lehigh
18. Columbia
19. Yale
20. Carnegie Mellon

lol such a random dumb list

Why is it random and dumb

First of all, what does “Best Careers” actually mean? The answer can vary greatly from person to person. Someone might build a successful restaurant chain or plumbing business and reach a net worth in the millions by their 30s. Another person might become the best teacher in their county while earning a median income but struggle to afford a hourse. Do both of those count as “best careers”? It depends on how you define success.

Secondly, is this list referring only to undergraduate paths, or does it also include graduate-level careers? A “best career” does not necessarily mean the highest income or the greatest financial success. For some people, financial success is everything—but it doesn’t have to attribute from attending the school from this list.

Exactly. This list is asinine.

[Anonymous]

No NYU?

[Anonymous]

LOL there's only one state school and look who it is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL there's only one state school and look who it is

LOL. Apparently you didn't read before responding.

[Anonymous]

Where's SUNY Maritime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is quite a joke—it doesn’t include Chicago but somehow Bentley made it.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol Cal Tech at 41. So stupid. Lock this thread

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-colleges-2025-50-best-long-term-career-success-kritf/

Pretty interesting, and I think it highlights the problem with traditional college rankings. I was surprised to see Babson at #7, but my surprise was mostly because I'm not used to seeing Babson ranked so high on other rankings. So it creates a self-reinforcing cycle in a way... but I didn't have any concrete reason to believe Babson can't be top 10 for developing a strong career. Anyways, thoughts?

1. Princeton
2. Duke
3. Penn
4. MIT
5. Cornell
6. Harvard
7. Babson
8. Notre Dame
9. Dartmouth
10. Stanford
11. Northwestern
12. UVA
13. Vanderbilt
14. Brown
15. Bentley
16. Tufts
17. Lehigh
18. Columbia
19. Yale
20. Carnegie Mellon

Pleasantly surprised by ND

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-colleges-2025-50-best-long-term-career-success-kritf/

Pretty interesting, and I think it highlights the problem with traditional college rankings. I was surprised to see Babson at #7, but my surprise was mostly because I'm not used to seeing Babson ranked so high on other rankings. So it creates a self-reinforcing cycle in a way... but I didn't have any concrete reason to believe Babson can't be top 10 for developing a strong career. Anyways, thoughts?

1. Princeton
2. Duke
3. Penn
4. MIT
5. Cornell
6. Harvard
7. Babson
8. Notre Dame
9. Dartmouth
10. Stanford
11. Northwestern
12. UVA
13. Vanderbilt
14. Brown
15. Bentley
16. Tufts
17. Lehigh
18. Columbia
19. Yale
20. Carnegie Mellon

Pleasantly surprised by ND

You are really taking this list seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-colleges-2025-50-best-long-term-career-success-kritf/

Pretty interesting, and I think it highlights the problem with traditional college rankings. I was surprised to see Babson at #7, but my surprise was mostly because I'm not used to seeing Babson ranked so high on other rankings. So it creates a self-reinforcing cycle in a way... but I didn't have any concrete reason to believe Babson can't be top 10 for developing a strong career. Anyways, thoughts?

1. Princeton
2. Duke
3. Penn
4. MIT
5. Cornell
6. Harvard
7. Babson
8. Notre Dame
9. Dartmouth
10. Stanford
11. Northwestern
12. UVA
13. Vanderbilt
14. Brown
15. Bentley
16. Tufts
17. Lehigh
18. Columbia
19. Yale
20. Carnegie Mellon

Pleasantly surprised by ND

You are really taking this list seriously?

ND is a T20 with an extremely loyal alumni network, it checks out

[Anonymous]

nice placement for Lehigh - very very solid outcomes year in year out - kudos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is quite a joke—it doesn’t include Chicago but somehow Bentley made it.

I think it's purely because more UChicago grads go into academia than grads of other top schools. If this were a ranking of how successful graduates who want to go into industry are, UChicago would be around the top. But of course, that's hard to measure -- so we have this sloppy list made by LinkedIn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check the WSJ rankings if you’re looking for more info on Babson.

+1 Babson has crushed on all the career-focused rankings