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LinkedIn Ranks Universities Based on Career Outcomes

By LinkedIn
October 2, 2014
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LinkedIn has introduced University Rankings based on the employment patterns of over 300 million LinkedIn members from around the world. The rankings also indicate the largest employers of an institution's graduates by profession. Google is the largest employer of Software Developers from the University of California at Berkeley, for example.

Here are rankings for schools launching graduates into desirable software jobs.

Software Developers			Software Developers at Startups
Rank	University Location	On LinkedIn	Rank	University Location	On LinkedIn
1.	Carnegie Mellon University Greater Pittsburgh Area	70,200 students & alumni	1.	Stanford University San Francisco Bay Area	148,300 students & alumni
2.	Caltech Greater Los Angeles Area	19,700 students & alumni	2.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Greater Boston Area	100,400 students & alumni
3.	Cornell University Ithaca, New York Area	170,000 students & alumni	3.	Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Area	58,800 students & alumni
4.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Greater Boston Area	100,400 students & alumni	4.	Princeton University Greater New York City Area	56,600 students & alumni
5.	Princeton University Greater New York City Area	56,600 students & alumni	5.	University of California, Berkeley San Francisco Bay Area	287,400 students & alumni
6.	University of California, Berkeley San Francisco Bay Area	287,400 students & alumni	6.	Carnegie Mellon University Greater Pittsburgh Area	70,200 students & alumni
7.	University of Washington Greater Seattle Area	233,700 students & alumni	7.	Harvard University Greater Boston Area	154,200 students & alumni
8.	Duke University Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area	81,700 students & alumni	8.	Cornell University Ithaca, New York Area	170,000 students & alumni
9.	University of Michigan Greater Detroit Area	232,300 students & alumni	9.	Columbia University in the City of New York Greater New York City Area	112,600 students & alumni
9.	Stanford University San Francisco Bay Area	148,300 students & alumni	10.	University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Area	121,100 students & alumni
11.	University of California, Los Angeles Greater Los Angeles Area	280,000 students & alumni	11.	University of Maryland College Park Washington D.C. Metro Area	202,700 students & alumni
12.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area	228,500 students & alumni	12.	University of California, Los Angeles Greater Los Angeles Area	280,000 students & alumni
13.	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Area	279,200 students & alumni	13.	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York Area	86,500 students & alumni
14.	Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Area	58,000 students & alumni	14.	University of California, San Diego Greater San Diego Area	131,500 students & alumni
15.	University of California, San Diego Greater San Diego Area	131,500 students & alumni	14.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area	228,500 students & alumni
16.	Harvard University Greater Boston Area	154,200 students & alumni
17.	Rice University Houston, Texas Area	34,600 students & alumni
18.	University of Pennsylvania Greater Philadelphia Area	123,000 students & alumni
19.	University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Area	147,300 students & alumni
20.	Harvey Mudd College Greater Los Angeles Area	5,200 students & alumni
21.	The University of Texas at Dallas Dallas/Fort Worth Area	59,200 students & alumni
22.	San Jose State University San Francisco Bay Area	171,300 students & alumni
23.	University of Southern California Greater Los Angeles Area	211,700 students & alumni
24.	Washington University in St. Louis Greater St. Louis Area	64,900 students & alumni
25.	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York Area	86,500 students & alumni

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