Most Employable College Grads by Region in 2015

After launching entry-level positions for recent grads a mere 3 months ago, the WayUp team noticed that about 70% of employers chose to forfeit the option to create a listing that targeted all schools in the U.S., even though expanding the targeted applicant pool dramatically increased the probability of reaching their maximum desired candidates. This made us wonder: which schools do employers across the board deem the ones that produce the most employable grads?

Take a look at the rankings of the top 5 schools by region that were most frequently included in listings across our site – these are the top schools to watch! Note that this analysis does not include listings with any filters like location, which may have skewed results.

NORTHEAST

Columbia
NYU
Harvard
MIT
UPenn

MIDWEST

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Wisconsin-Madison

WEST

Stanford
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Santa Clara University
University of San Francisco

SOUTH

Georgetown University
Duke University
George Washington University
University of Texas at Austin
Vanderbilt University

*Regions were based on the U.S. Census Bureau.

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