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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends. If one wants to work at the highest levels of Engineering(top tech consulting,  tech startup culture, R&D that requires a PhD), then you need a top school especially in a down economy. School matters more when the job market is slower. Look what is happening to CS: hiring has significantly slowed and unemployment is up...at all but the prestigious names (top privates such as 6 of the ivies, stanford, CMU, MIT and very top publics, UCB, GT, Mich, UIUC...). The same group of schools produces the highest chance of top tier engineering jobs. [/quote]
Not in my experience. Some of the most successful engineers I know (making 7 figure salaries at faang type companies) have degrees from little known state schools. [/quote]

Success is not always the highest pay. The tenured profs with patents at the most prestigious schools as well as  CEOs, VP, of multiple startups and leaders of national labs often carry degrees from the same 20ish schools. These same schools are overrepresented at the most prestigious levels of engineering, medicine, basic science research and development. It is not some accident. Being a student at an undergraduate institution where the expectations and possibilities are endless is part of what makes these places high demand. It is not just ivies there are several top privates and a few top publics that are on a similar level. One can get to the top from other schools but it is much easier when surrounded by the highest level of peers and faculty as well as undergraduate resources that promote early entry into science research. [/quote]

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