LinkedIn University Rankings (US)

With more than 240 million registered users, LinkedIn is the largest social network for professional development. Recently it uses the huge database it owns to make the LinkedIn University Rankings, which are based on the career outcome.

Methodology

The first step: Top companies, those most graduates want to work for, in 8 industries are identified;
The second step: People who work in those companies are found through LinkedIn and the universities they earned their undergraduate degrees are sought out;
The third step: Universities are ranked based on the percentage of their graduates in the top companies.

Rankings

Accounting Professionals

	Accounting
1	Villanova University – Greater Philadelphia Area
2	University of Notre Dame – South Bend, Indiana Area
3	Boston College – Greater Boston Area
4	Lehigh University – Allentown, Pennsylvania Area
5	Emory University – Greater Atlanta Area
6	University of Southern California – Greater Los Angeles Area
7	Fairfield University – Greater New York City Area
8	Santa Clara University – San Francisco Bay Area
9	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
10	Wake Forest University - Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
12	Syracuse University – Syracuse, New York Area
13	Bentley University – Greater Boston Area
14	Bucknell University – Lewisburg, PA
15	Fordham University – Greater New York City Area
16	Yeshiva University – Greater New York City Area
17	University of California, Berkeley – San Francisco Bay Area
18	Binghamton University - Binghamton, NY
19	University of Richmond - Richmond, Virginia Area
20	Loyola University Maryland - Baltimore, Maryland Area
21	College of the Holy Cross - Greater Boston Area
22	University of Maryland College Park – Washington D.C. Metro Area
23	University of Wisconsin-Madison - Madison, Wisconsin Area
24	The College of William and Mary - Norfolk, Virginia Area
25	University of Massachusetts, Amherst – Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Designers

	Design
1	Carnegie Mellon University - Greater Pittsburgh Area
2	School of Visual Arts – Greater New York City Area
3	College for Creative Studies - Greater Detroit Area
4	Art Center College of Design - Greater Los Angeles Area
5	University of Washington - Greater Seattle Area
6	Stanford University – San Francisco Bay Area
7	Ringling College of Art and Design – Sarasota, Florida Area
8	University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati Area
9	Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah, Georgia Area
10	San Jose State University – San Francisco Bay Area
11	Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, Rhode Island Area
12	The University of Texas at Austin – Austin, Texas Area
13	Syracuse University – Syracuse, New York Area
14	Oregon State University - Corvallis, Oregon
15	Academy of Art University – San Francisco Bay Area
16	Pratt Institute – Greater New York City Area
17	Parsons School of Design - United States
18	University of Delaware – Greater Philadelphia Area
19	Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Area
20	University of California, Los Angeles - Greater Los Angeles Area
21	Boston University – Greater Boston Area
22	Georgia Institute of Technology - Greater Atlanta Area
23	Penn State University – State College, Pennsylvania Area
24	University of Houston – Houston, Texas Area
25	University of Michigan - Greater Detroit Area

Finance Professionals

	Finance
1	University of Pennsylvania -Greater Philadelphia Area
2	Yale University – Greater New York City Area
3	Georgetown University - Washington D.C. Metro Area
4	Princeton University – Greater New York City Area
5	Columbia University – Greater New York City Area
6	New York University – Greater New York City Area
7	Duke University - Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
8	Harvard University – Greater Boston Area
9	Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Area
10	Dartmouth College – Greater Boston Area
11	University of Notre Dame – South Bend, Indiana Area
12	Wake Forest University - Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area
13	Villanova University – Greater Philadelphia Area
14	Boston College – Greater Boston Area
15	Wellesley College – Greater Boston Area
16	Amherst College – Springfield, Massachusetts Area
17	Brown University – Providence, Rhode Island Area
18	Lehigh University – Allentown, Pennsylvania Area
19	Rice University – Houston, Texas Area
20	Carnegie Mellon University - Greater Pittsburgh Area
21	Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Greater Boston Area
22	Rutgers University-New Brunswick - Greater New York City Area
23	Emory University – Greater Atlanta Area
24	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
25	University of Michigan – Greater Detroit Area

Investment Bankers

	Investment Bank
1	Georgetown University - Washington D.C. Metro Area
2	University of Pennsylvania - Greater Philadelphia Area
3	Yale University – Greater New York City Area
4	Duke University - Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
5	Columbia University – Greater New York City Area
6	Princeton University - Greater New York City Area
7	New York University – Greater New York City Area
8	Wellesley College – Greater Boston Area
9	Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Area
10	Dartmouth College – Greater Boston Area
11	Harvard University – Greater Boston Area
12	Amherst College – Springfield, Massachusetts Area
13	Brown University – Providence, Rhode Island Area
14	Boston College – Greater Boston Area
15	Emory University – Greater Atlanta Area
16	University of Notre Dame – South Bend, Indiana Area
17	The University of Chicago - Greater Chicago Area
18	Middlebury College – Middlebury, Vermont
19	Rice University – Houston, Texas Area
20	University of Michigan – Greater Detroit Area
21	Vanderbilt University – Greater Nashville Area
22	University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia Area
23	University of California, Berkeley – San Francisco Bay Area
24	Northwestern University - Greater Chicago Area
25	Southern Methodist University - Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Marketers

	Marketing
1	University of Pennsylvania - Greater Philadelphia Area
2	University of Michigan – Greater Detroit Area
3	Harvard University – Greater Boston Area
4	New York University – Greater New York City Area
5	Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Area
6	Georgetown University - Washington D.C. Metro Area
7	Stanford University – San Francisco Bay Area
8	University of California, Berkeley – San Francisco Bay Area
9	Northwestern University - Greater Chicago Area
10	The University of Texas at Austin – Austin, Texas Area
11	University of Phoenix – Phoenix, Arizona Area
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
13	Emory University – Greater Atlanta Area
14	University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia Area
15	University of Notre Dame – South Bend, Indiana Area
16	Rutgers University-New Brunswick - Greater New York City Area
17	Penn State University – State College, Pennsylvania Area
18	University of Washington - Greater Seattle Area
19	San Jose State University – San Francisco Bay Area
20	Columbia University – Greater New York City Area
21	Miami University - Cincinnati Area
22	Brigham Young University -Provo, Utah Area
23	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
24	Duke University - Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
25	Syracuse University – Syracuse, New York Area

Media Professionals

	Media
1	New York University – Greater New York City Area
2	Hofstra University – Greater New York City Area
3	Duke University - Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
4	Howard University – Washington D.C. Metro Area
5	Northwestern University - Greater Chicago Area
6	Syracuse University – Syracuse, New York Area
7	Quinnipiac University – Greater New York City Area
8	Fordham University - Greater New York City Area
9	Yale University - Greater New York City Area
10	Brown University – Providence, Rhode Island Area
11	Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Area
12	Columbia University – Greater New York City Area
13	Rutgers University-New Brunswick - Greater New York City Area
14	University of Pennsylvania - Greater Philadelphia Area
15	Georgetown University - Washington D.C. Metro Area
16	The George Washington University - Washington D.C. Metro Area
17	University of Miami - Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
18	Northeastern University - Greater Boston Area
19	University of Southern California – Greater Los Angeles Area
20	Ithaca College – Ithaca, New York Area
21	University of Maryland College Park – Washington D.C. Metro Area
22	Harvard University – Greater Boston Area
23	Penn State University – State College, Pennsylvania Area
24	University of Delaware – Greater Philadelphia Area
25	University of California, Los Angeles - Greater Los Angeles Area

Software Developers

	Software Development
1	Carnegie Mellon University - Greater Pittsburgh Area
2	Caltech – Greater Los Angeles Area
3	Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Area
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Greater Boston Area
5	Princeton University – Greater New York City Area
6	University of California, Berkeley – San Francisco Bay Area
7	University of Washington - Greater Seattle Area
8	Duke University - Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
9	University of Michigan – Greater Detroit Area
10	Stanford University – San Francisco Bay Area
11	University of California, Los Angeles - Greater Los Angeles Area
12	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
13	The University of Texas at Austin – Austin, Texas Area
14	Brown University – Providence, Rhode Island Area
15	University of California, San Diego - Greater San Diego Area
16	Harvard University – Greater Boston Area
17	Rice University – Houston, Texas Area
18	University of Pennsylvania - Greater Philadelphia Area
19	University of Arizona – Tucson, Arizona Area
20	Harvey Mudd College – Greater Los Angeles Area
21	The University of Texas at Dallas – Dallas/Fort Worth Area
22	San Jose State University – San Francisco Bay Area
23	University of Southern California – Greater Los Angeles Area
24	Washington University in St. Louis – Greater St. Louis Area
25	Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, New York Area

Software Developers at Startups

	Software Development (Startup)
1	Stanford University – San Francisco Bay Area
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Greater Boston Area
3	Brown University – Providence, Rhode Island Area
4	Brown University – Providence, Rhode Island Area
5	Princeton University – Greater New York City Area
6	Carnegie Mellon University - Greater Pittsburgh Area
7	Harvard University – Greater Boston Area
8	Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Area
9	Columbia University – Greater New York City Area
10	University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia Area
11	University of Maryland College Park – Washington D.C. Metro Area
12	University of California, Los Angeles - Greater Los Angeles Area
13	Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, New York Area
14	University of California, San Diego - Greater San Diego Area
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area