LinkedIn Ranking: Colleges that Produce the Best Careers

[Anonymous]

I don’t think anyone is saying that the traditionally more heralded schools are academically inferior to those that top the WSJ or LinkedIn lists, but it’s hard to argue that employability and workforce placement/participation is not a reasonable criteria to incorporate into a school’s evaluation.

If schools like Babson, genuinely renown for its entrepreneurship-focused education, are turning out grads desirable to employers, it deserves to be in the conversation of top schools if that’s what students and parents are focused on. ROI is certainly a reasonable measurement of any investment, obviously.

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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

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

Something weird about a list that has BU at 13.

It’s not weird. It just has a different methodology.

[Anonymous]

Yippeee, another (useless) ranking

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Duke sucks, hope they lose in the first round next week

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Anonymous wrote:Duke sucks, hope they lose in the first round next week

Ah yes, another astute analysis of an institution’s caliber

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone is saying that the traditionally more heralded schools are academically inferior to those that top the WSJ or LinkedIn lists, but it’s hard to argue that employability and workforce placement/participation is not a reasonable criteria to incorporate into a school’s evaluation.

If schools like Babson, genuinely renown for its entrepreneurship-focused education, are turning out grads desirable to employers, it deserves to be in the conversation of top schools if that’s what students and parents are focused on. ROI is certainly a reasonable measurement of any investment, obviously.

Especially with how expensive college is getting, ROI is absolutely critical

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Anonymous wrote:Have you all never seen the Wall Street Journal list??

This approach heavily (exclusively?) weighs ROI. I totally disagree with the approach and therefore the list but I do appreciate a different perspective.

Yes, it's a great list and excellent criteria eval. I predict this and Forbes will eventually be the go to over USNWR.

The Forbes list is not as different from US News as WSJ. I said above that it doesn't personally reflect my values, but I think it is very helpful to consider schools in a different light. For example, I remember WSJ placed Loyola Maryland in the top 20. The academics aren't as strong there as in what most of think of as a top 20, but they give excellent merit money bringing down the cost for pretty much everyone and have a real focus on preparing students for the professional world. It makes sense that WSJ would rank it much higher than other lists.

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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

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

Something weird about a list that has BU at 13.

It’s not weird. It just has a different methodology.

What is the methodology, though? It isn't anywhere close to that in either US News (we are familiar with methodology) or in WSJ (so not ROI) so I wonder what "career outcomes" they are focused on?

If it is just that BU produces more professionals who work outside of the US, when we know that BU starts out with an unusually high percentage of international students, then it seems like a misleading stat. A false friend.

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My kid goes to Pitt so I am neutral about this list. From my perspective, Bentley and Tufts sort of stand out by punching above their weight. Probably due to being in Boston.

Lehigh and Babson have had great outcomes for a long time. So, this isn't a surprise.

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The only other thing that is interesting is that UVA is the only public school on the list.

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This is a list of people with linkedin profiles who update their profile with their career progressions. I haven't updated my profile in a while.

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This list is whacked.

Penn State is on par with Caltech, and higher than UT Austin? C'mon.

I mean, my kid is going to Penn State, but I'm under no illusion that Penn State is a T45 school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of Bentley University.

Not like I know everything.

Has anyone here not from MA heard of it?

From a NYer. Both Bentley and Babson are well known for business, finance, entrepreneurship, etc.

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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

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

UVA not on the list but Vtech is. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This list is whacked.

Penn State is on par with Caltech, and higher than UT Austin? C'mon.

I mean, my kid is going to Penn State, but I'm under no illusion that Penn State is a T45 school.

CalTech sends a very high percentage of the class onto PhDs. I don't know how that is reflected in this LinkedIn ranking, other than to assume it is a negative.

Curious also how schools that send tons of kids onto Medical careers would show up. It takes a good like 8 years post-undergrad to start your full working life as a doctor.