public ivy

Forbes recently conducted a survey of hiring managers to see which colleges beyond Ivy League and Ivy-Plus (Stanford, Duke, MIT,  and U. Chicago) attract the most accomplished students* and “turn out hard-working, highly-regarded employees.” Top 10’s below!

“New Public Ivies” Top 10: 

1. Binghamton
2. Georgia Tech
3. U. of Florida
4. U. of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
5. UMD College Park
6. Michigan
7. UNC Chapel Hill
8. UT Austin
9. UVA
10. Wisconsin

“New Private Ivies” Top 10: 

1. Boston College
2. CMU
3. Emory
4. Georgetown
5. JHU
6. Northwestern
7. Rice
8. Notre Dame
9. Southern California
10. Vanderbilt

Read on here! 

*not sure ‘hiring managers’ can actually weigh in on this… being accomplished is just one tiny factor in how these schools make admissions decisions

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