Does where you get your college degree effect your chances of getting a job ?

Answer 1

It may not be the only thing which determines who gets the job, but it may play a very strong role. When a company is looking at resumes, before they have met the candidates, most new graduates look almost identical. So, in cutting down the pool to those they will interview, they are likely to recognize that the top school was pickier in choosing its students and talk to a graduate of that school over one from a lesser school. Once they meet people, though, things can turn around if the person from the top school seems disinterested or nervous, while the other comes across as competent. The problem is in getting the interview in the first place.

Answer 2

Do an experiment and find out for yourself the real answer.

Find ten people you know and ask them these questions:

Assume you are hiring an employee to work for your company. You're going to pay them with your hard earned money and you expect them to make a profit for you. Assuming all other things are equal, which graduate would you hire?

* Harvard or College of Charleston
* Yale or University of Colorado
* MIT or Peru State University
* University of Texas or Notre Dame
* Devry or Stanford
* University of Phoenix or North Carolina State
* UC-Berkeley or West Virginia

make a list like this with as many colleges as you want to include and see what people say.

My hypothesis is that the higher the reputation of the college in question and the better known it is, the more value it will provide for the graduate.

Understanding that the difference has to be extreme, in most cases employers will consider all of the top 10 as equal and the next 40 as equal.... and the tier four as equal.

Whether it is fair or even reasonable, it remains a fact that the graduate of Duke University will have an advantage over the graduate of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. It's true too that the graduates of the likes of Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge etc... have an advantage over everyone else.

It's probably true too that U Texas, U Tennessee, U South Carolina, U Georgia will be seen as equal except by graduates of any one of these (or their football fans).

Answer 3

For the most part, no. I'm sure there are some companies that will choose an applicant based mostly on name, but who wants to work for those kinds of people anyway. Now, if there are two people equal in all aspects, then they might choose the person who went to a more prestigious school simply because they need to pick someone. If someone takes enough internships and gets enough outside experience, they should be good

Answer 4

No ti dot effect you chances to getting a job it is a good chances get a job bu cs the pr son tha jhas college degree has a good chanes getting a Job from Rhoda Marie smith form jwcc

Answer 5

Not really. Sometimes if a person from a more prestigious school is going after the same job, they may be leaned toward... but I think the fact that you work toward and achieve your degree would help regardless of where you got it from.

Answer 6

Depends on what type of job you want. But it's mostly experience. Do internships before you graduate......that why coming from X school looks good because you have experience rather than coming from like Harvard with none

Answer 7

Somewhat. For example, 2 similar candidates except one went to ivy league and the other went to state university. The ivy league may get it.

Answer 8

No, it depends on your performance while attending the college.

Answer 9

I would hope not. I would hope that they would look at how you di in your classes GPA more than the school.

Answer 10

Not as much as your performence there.