Times 2026 Best Colleges for future Leaders
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Anonymous
Investment banks, consulting firms, biotech, FAANG, startups. . . |
Anonymous
It includes graduate schools as well, so BigLaw, Fortune 500, etc. |
Anonymous
| I'd think Penn State would be higher given it has the second highest # of CEOs (only behind Stanford). |
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| The population size person cracks me up. |
Anonymous
| Time? They still exist? I mean it’s cool that someone would make a list and think about this but it seems like it’d have no impact. |
Anonymous
What metric should be impactful then? |
Anonymous
You could say exactly the same thing about USNWR. |
Anonymous
Because? |
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I love that the only lacs are amherst, middlebury, smith and mount holyoke.
what say the wellesley, williams, swat and cmc boosters to this? |
Anonymous
Yes, adjusting for population size makes no sense. Otherwise, you might make the crazy conclusion that Switzerland is wealthier than India. |
Anonymous
| What are “leaders”? Trinity and Villanova? Trinitys two most famous alumni are both Fox News anchors. Outside of the pope Villanovas most famous alumni are Toby Keith and Jill Biden. Is there anyone of note from Pepperdine that isn’t an actor? |
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Duke has Stephen Miller. |
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The ranking is based on "relevant subsidiaries". So it is unclear what happens if they dilute it with the rest of the school. For some schools, there are no relevant subsidiaries so I assume they consider the entire school.
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| Vanderbilt, Gatech, perform worse than I expected. |
Anonymous
Except that USNWR has been the gold standard in rankings since the 80s and no one gives a fig about other rankings except this person on DCUM who weirdly thinks every single one needs to beposted and discussed . Ask any college counselor. |