LinkedIn Ranking: Colleges that Produce the Best Careers

[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

[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

lol such a random dumb list

Why is it random and dumb

I would say a site that focuses on careers and jobs might be a better scientific measurer of college outcomes than some random people at USNWR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Babson is all business. Shouldn't it only be compared to business schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

lol such a random dumb list

Why is it random and dumb

I would say a site that focuses on careers and jobs might be a better scientific measurer of college outcomes than some random people at USNWR.

That assumes you have data on everyone in one place. Lol ofc not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of Bentley University.

Not like I know everything.

Has anyone here not from MA heard of it?

Alma Mater of Charles Taylor, one of the greatest war criminals in African history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician)

[Anonymous]

It's a ranking of colleges based on LinkedIn usage, lol

Our methodology uses LinkedIn data to rank U.S. colleges based on five pillars: job placement; internships and recruiter demand; career success; network strength; and knowledge breadth. Job placement tracks the percentage of alumni from recent graduate cohorts (2019-2024) that start a full-time position or a graduate school program within the same year of graduating.

This assessment is based on LinkedIn hiring data. Internships and recruiter demand tracks the percentage of alumni from recent cohorts who completed an undergraduate internship; and labor market demand for recent cohorts, based on InMail outreach data.

Career success tracks the percentage of alumni with post-graduate entrepreneurship or C-suite experience.

Network strength tracks how connected alumni of the same school are to each other, as well as how connected alumni from recent cohorts are to all past alumni and current students.

Knowledge breadth tracks unique fields of study and unique skills gained among recent cohorts during their degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA again punching above its weight, Wahoowa. Also, Duck Fuke

LOL. Was definitely thinking UVA booster posted this.

Oh, you know they did. So transparent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

lol such a random dumb list

Why is it random and dumb

I would say a site that focuses on careers and jobs might be a better scientific measurer of college outcomes than some random people at USNWR.

Agreed

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/12/07/15-top-colleges-for-launching-your-career/

Other Linkedin based rankings for STEM Fields.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering/
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

lol such a random dumb list

Why is it random and dumb

I would say a site that focuses on careers and jobs might be a better scientific measurer of college outcomes than some random people at USNWR.

Times is very reputable

Times US Colleges with best graduating employment. Ranked by Employers

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/graduate-employability-top-universities-united-states-ranked-employers

[Anonymous]

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

Yes, one public, and not one bit surprised it’s UVA. Haters gonna hate.

[Anonymous]

Apparently Bentley has a pipeline that leads to some pretty nice streets.