So depending on the job, or level of job being applied for.

 

There would be few exceptions to a UK/UL/UC degree in a specific field being more impressive to a prospective employer than the same degree from an elite academic institution.

This is a no brainer:

 

EKU degree

 

It is a matter of admissions standards and the overall quality of learning at the institution.

 

In general, the above is true.

 

Occupational Therapy and Athletic Training would be 2 exceptions off the top of my head when it comes to EKU.

It can help you get a job when it is a top school in something specific like business or law and you earn that major. It also could matter to someone hiring you where you come from.

In general, the above is true.

 

Occupational Therapy and Athletic Training would be 2 exceptions off the top of my head when it comes to EKU.

 

Criminology would be the first exception on that list. The best school in the country in that department.

There are standards at all schools. Ivy league schools has a degree of prestige, that state colleges don't have . In no way does it make one smarter or as you put it dumber. There are state colleges that have plenty of power in special areas, like EKU. I am very proud of the degrees I received from MSU.

I honestly think it depends on what you want to do after school. If you are planning on staying in KY then a degree from a smaller school doesn't matter in a lot of jobs. If you are going to Wall Street then it would probably matter. On the flip side where you plan on settling down can make a difference. I had a neighbor that graduated from Emory Law School and a best friend that graduated from Arkron. They both moved to Lexington and had a tough time breaking into the good ole boy network of guys from UK. I'm not saying that happens all the time but it happened to both of them for awhile. Getting a degree qualifies you for a lot of things you couldn't do without one. I look at it like an insurance policy. If you have one from a major school then you have a higher investment IMO.

In my experience, the name of the school that appears on your degree DOES aid in getting your foot in the door. However, once in the door, job performance is the key to long-term success. If XYZ company hires 15 grads from Harvard and 2 grads from UK, and the UK grads outperform the Harvard grads, then they will be the ones to climb the corporate ladder more quickly due to performance.

 

When I graduated, I began an accounting career in Nashville with a firm that was one of the "Big 8" Accounting Firms. Hired at the same time were a couple of grads of Vandy, one from Yale, one from UT (I think), and a couple others from various other schools. Competition within the firm was brutal, and every 6 months evaluations were done by the managers and partners, and the weakest individuals at each experience level were terminated. After four years, the Vandy grads, the Yale grad and others from "prestigious" schools and been terminated and only two of us from the original hiring class remained. And we were both products of "lowly Ky. public colleges.

 

To this very day, I consider the fact that I left that firm on MY terms to be a major accomplishment.:thumb:

 

Some of my brightest and most successful clients are individuals who never attended college and in some cases didn't finish high school. One client in particular comes to mind. He never studied a foreign language, never took a calculus class, and probably doesn't understand Keynesian economic theories. But, he is brilliant in matters of business and has the necessary "street smarts (the most important of all)" to be a very successful business owner whose net worth is solidly in the 8 figures (all to the left of the decimal point;))

In my experience, the name of the school that appears on your degree DOES aid in getting your foot in the door. However, once in the door, job performance is the key to long-term success. If XYZ company hires 15 grads from Harvard and 2 grads from UK, and the UK grads outperform the Harvard grads, then they will be the ones to climb the corporate ladder more quickly due to performance.

 

When I graduated, I began an accounting career in Nashville with a firm that was one of the "Big 8" Accounting Firms. Hired at the same time were a couple of grads of Vandy, one from Yale, one from UT (I think), and a couple others from various other schools. Competition within the firm was brutal, and every 6 months evaluations were done by the managers and partners, and the weakest individuals at each experience level were terminated. After four years, the Vandy grads, the Yale grad and others from "prestigious" schools and been terminated and only two of us from the original hiring class remained. And we were both products of "lowly Ky. public colleges.

 

To this very day, I consider the fact that I left that firm on MY terms to be a major accomplishment.:thumb:

 

Some of my brightest and most successful clients are individuals who never attended college and in some cases didn't finish high school. One client in particular comes to mind. He never studied a foreign language, never took a calculus class, and probably doesn't understand Keynesian economic theories. But, he is brilliant in matters of business and has the necessary "street smarts (the most important of all)" to be a very successful business owner whose net worth is solidly in the 8 figures (all to the left of the decimal point;))

 

Nicely put, especially the first sentence, which was almost exactly what I was going to state. The only thing that I might add to that is that your performance will also help (or hurt) those that come after you from that particular shool.

There are standards at all schools. Ivy league schools has a degree of prestige, that state colleges don't have . In no way does it make one smarter or as you put it dumber. There are state colleges that have plenty of power in special areas, like EKU. I am very proud of the degrees I received from MSU.

 

As you should.

 

However, to say that the kids going to Harvard, ND, and Yale are not smarter than the kids going to UK, UL, .... is simply putting your head in the ground.

 

Remember, we're talking a relative measure here when we say "dumber" and not an absolute measure.

In my experience, the name of the school that appears on your degree DOES aid in getting your foot in the door. However, once in the door, job performance is the key to long-term success. If XYZ company hires 15 grads from Harvard and 2 grads from UK, and the UK grads outperform the Harvard grads, then they will be the ones to climb the corporate ladder more quickly due to performance.

 

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100% correct but I don't think that was the question/argument being made. I read the question to be in regards to the value/perception of your degree when looking for a job out of college.

In my experience, the name of the school that appears on your degree DOES aid in getting your foot in the door. However, once in the door, job performance is the key to long-term success. If XYZ company hires 15 grads from Harvard and 2 grads from UK, and the UK grads outperform the Harvard grads, then they will be the ones to climb the corporate ladder more quickly due to performance.

 

When I graduated, I began an accounting career in Nashville with a firm that was one of the "Big 8" Accounting Firms. Hired at the same time were a couple of grads of Vandy, one from Yale, one from UT (I think), and a couple others from various other schools. Competition within the firm was brutal, and every 6 months evaluations were done by the managers and partners, and the weakest individuals at each experience level were terminated. After four years, the Vandy grads, the Yale grad and others from "prestigious" schools and been terminated and only two of us from the original hiring class remained. And we were both products of "lowly Ky. public colleges.

 

To this very day, I consider the fact that I left that firm on MY terms to be a major accomplishment.:thumb:

 

Some of my brightest and most successful clients are individuals who never attended college and in some cases didn't finish high school. One client in particular comes to mind. He never studied a foreign language, never took a calculus class, and probably doesn't understand Keynesian economic theories. But, he is brilliant in matters of business and has the necessary "street smarts (the most important of all)" to be a very successful business owner whose net worth is solidly in the 8 figures (all to the left of the decimal point;))

 

Well stated and my thoughts exactly.

As you should.

 

However, to say that the kids going to Harvard, ND, and Yale are not smarter than the kids going to UK, UL, .... is simply putting your head in the ground.

 

Remember, we're talking a relative measure here when we say "dumber" and not an absolute measure.

 

Most of those colleges have had parents and grandparents and some great-grandparents who have went there and some get in on that respect , no saying they are not smart, I just think that sometimes, a very smart person does not have the connections to go to those schools.

Some colleges have been known as 'Diploma Factories'

 

So yes, it does matter where you get your degree from.

I would say, are you dumber, not necessarily.

 

If I'm an employer though and it's down to two candidates and all other things being equal I'm taking the guy from Harvard over the guy from EKU, or Morehead St.

IMO I think it is the name of the college.

 

If someone gets a law degree from Harvard and someone gets a degree from NKU Chase, everything they have done to get that degree is the same, I would pick the Harvard grad over the NKU Chase grad.