TIME’s ‘Best Colleges For Future Leaders’: 2 New Jersey Schools Rank
Searching for the perfect college can be challenging. This is especially true when you have to consider factors like cost, programs, location, and housing. But a degree from the “perfect” college doesn’t guarantee success. According to TIME, in “U.S. society, success is a good indicator you went to an elite university.”
The magazine partnered with Statista to launch its first list of the Best Colleges for Future Leaders and the Best Companies for Future Leaders. To develop the list, TIME and Statista analyzed the resumes of 2,000 top leaders in the U.S., including politicians, CEOs, Nobel winners, and others, to determine where they received their degrees.
While Ivy League schools were prominent, many other private and public universities earned TIME’s accolades, too. The publication’s listing ranked two New Jersey institutions in the top 100, with one in the top 8.
The Princeton University Claims A Top Spot
Princeton University snagged spot number 7 on the Best Colleges for Future Leaders list. Further down the list, at number 53, is New Brunswick’s Rutgers University.
Best Colleges for Future Leaders
Let’s talk top 5. Harvard University takes the top spot, followed by Stanford University in California. The University of Pennsylvania claimed the three spot in the ranking. At number four is Columbia University New York, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology at number five.
TIME pointed out that experts say that what distinguishes these schools is not necessarily that they teach students to be better leaders, but that alums receive more opportunities. “Whatever a student may have learned at school, an elite diploma signals at least two things to prospective employers: survival of a difficult admissions process and a high likelihood of intelligence,” they stated.
Interestingly, the list makes it very clear that the Ivy League isn’t the only route to success. A professor from the University of California told the magazine, “While those schools dominate fields like law, the media, and academia, production fields like engineering, agriculture, and aerospace recruit from schools that are more likely to offer technical skills like engineering.”
Get more in-depth about their ranking with the complete list here.
