my daughter went to a university you would all pooh-pooh. she landed a job at one of the often mentioned companies in your list. none of her colleagues came from any of your favorite top 20 universities.

you are placing much too much importance of being from one of your favorite top 20 universities

Anonymous wrote:It seems tech, finance and consulting are professions of choice.

Not sure about that. They are the ones that pay the most out of the gate. But they can be horrible jobs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So strange that you excluded UVA. Cap One, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Google, Amazon.

Data is from 2020, anyway.

Because UVA is not an Elite College.

It is though

It seems tech, finance and consulting are professions of choice.

What the heck is college transitions?

Well, a friend's son got into Microsoft after early college program from DCPS and 2 years at a mediocre state school. Another joined IBM after 2 years of community college and 2 years of state school (75% acceptance rate). You just have to know right people, which obviously elite college grads have.

For any of the B4 listed, you really need to figure out if people are going into audit, tax, advisory/consulting, risk or support to get a complete picture.

Anonymous wrote:So strange that you excluded UVA. Cap One, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Google, Amazon.

Data is from 2020, anyway.

You can just go on LinkedIn and see current totals. They have a view of where alumni work.

Anonymous wrote:So strange that you excluded UVA. Cap One, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Google, Amazon.

Data is from 2020, anyway.

Eww, ewww, eww, nice, it depends

Not a good balance for uva

Anonymous wrote:Kind of interesting how little these lists differ (only UVA has Google and only VT has Microsoft)...
UVA - Capital One, Deloitte, EY, Google, Amazon
VT - Capitol One, Booz Allen, Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM
W&M - Capital One, Booz Allen, Deloitte, EY, IBM
JMU - Capital One, Booz Allen, Deloitte, EY, Accenture
GMU - Booz Allen, Northrop, Deloitte, Capital One, Amazon


You still see Capital One and Booz...
VCU - VCU Health, Capital One, Dominion Energy, HCA Health, Altria
CNU - Ferguson, Newport News Schools, Newport News Shipbuilding, US Army, Capital One
ODU - US Navy, Sentara, Newport News Shipbuilding, Anthem, Booz Allen

These top 5 employers only represent about 2% of alumni.

Anonymous wrote:So strange that you excluded UVA. Cap One, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Google, Amazon.

Data is from 2020, anyway.

Because UVA is not an Elite College.

Kind of interesting how little these lists differ (only UVA has Google and only VT has Microsoft)...
UVA - Capital One, Deloitte, EY, Google, Amazon
VT - Capitol One, Booz Allen, Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM
W&M - Capital One, Booz Allen, Deloitte, EY, IBM
JMU - Capital One, Booz Allen, Deloitte, EY, Accenture
GMU - Booz Allen, Northrop, Deloitte, Capital One, Amazon


You still see Capital One and Booz...
VCU - VCU Health, Capital One, Dominion Energy, HCA Health, Altria
CNU - Ferguson, Newport News Schools, Newport News Shipbuilding, US Army, Capital One
ODU - US Navy, Sentara, Newport News Shipbuilding, Anthem, Booz Allen

So strange that you excluded UVA. Cap One, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Google, Amazon.

Data is from 2020, anyway.

What does this mean? All those employers are large companies with lots and lots of employees. You could look at many other lower ranked universities and still come up with this same list of popular employers

College Transitions compiles Linkedin data on the most common employers for hundreds of universities, I compiled the data for the top 20(ish) schools in the country. Please add your DC's schools info from

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-employers

Brown University- Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Goldman Sachs

Caltech- Northrop Grumman, Google, Boeing, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Apple

Carnegie Mellon University- Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple

Columbia University- Google, Amazon, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs

Cornell University- Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM

Dartmouth College- Google, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Microsoft

Duke University- Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Goldman Sachs

Emory University- CDC, Deloitte, Google, EY, PwC

Georgetown University- Deloitte, US Army, Google, The World Bank, Citi

Harvard University- Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, McKinsey & Company

Johns Hopkins University- Google, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM

MIT- Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM

Northwestern University- Google, Accenture, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft

Princeton University- Google, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon

Rice University- Google, Baylor College of Medicine, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron

Stanford University- Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon

University of California, Berkeley- Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Stanford University

University of California, Los Angeles- Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft

University of Chicago- Google, Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Amazon, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

University of Notre Dame- Deloitte, EY, PwC, IBM, Accenture

University of Pennsylvania- Google, Amazon, The Wharton School, Facebook, Microsoft

Vanderbilt University- Deloitte, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Capital One

Washington University in St. Louis- Boeing, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Mastercard

Williams College- Google, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Harvard University, J.P. Morgan

Yale University- Google, Goldman Sachs, Facebook, McKinsey & Company, Amazon