The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) released the results of a survey this past week of Corporate Recruiters indicating the top schools in the US. US Companies in general tend to favor graduates from large state universities over big name Ivy League schools and other top rated programs. The recruiters are trying to fill entry level positions within their organizations. The study surveyed 479 of the largest public and private companies, non-profit and government agencies. The recruiters conclusions are that graduates from the schools who are on the list are best prepared and most able to succeed. In other words, grads from state schools are willing to work and accept jobs at entry levels and don't expect to be a Vice President on day one. With the national economy having a large unemployment rate the schools recruiters favor becomes even more important. Employers are visiting fewer schools these days and campanies are reducing their recruiting budgets.
The top three picks of recruiters were Pennsylvania State University, Texas A & M and the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. Penn State being number 1 had recruiters saying " Bright, well-rounded.. with core competencies we desire". Texas A & M ranked number 2 found recruiters comments of "proximity to key operations, quality candidates and breath of programs which match our recruiting needs". University of Illinois had recruiters saying " Graduates .. performed well and tend to stay with the company".
Overall the State of Texas had two schools in the top 25 being Texas A & M as mentioned previously at number 2 and surprisingly Texas Tech University at number 18. Sorry but no University of Texas in Austin or Rice or anyone else.
The majors being mentioned for Texas A & M were Finance, Business, and Engineering. While the top majors for Texas Tech were Engineering.
The top ten schools on the WSJ list are:
1) Penn State 2) Texas A & M 3) University Illinois 4) Purdue University 5) Arizona State 6) University of Michigan 7) Georgia Institute of Technology 8) University of Maryland 9) University of Florida 10) Carnegie Mellon University. If you are interested in seeing the try this link
As I have reported on numerous occasions, Katy Texas has an excellent school system and Katy ISD places numerous graduates in both of the two schools in Texas which made the recuiters top school list.
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