Where Our Data Comes From

Our matriculation information breaks down as follows: 

Here are where our undergraduate degree holders attended graduate school.

Medical School Programs (MD) – 29.78%

Harvard – 8.66%

University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) – 5.45%

Columbia – 5.11%

Yale – 4.3%

Cornell (Weill) – 2.85%

Brown – 1.96%

Dartmouth (Geisel) – 1.45%

Law School Programs (JD) – 29.70%

Yale – 9.11%

Harvard – 8.91%

Columbia – 6.12%

University of Pennsylvania (Carey) – 3.58%

Cornell – 1.98%

MBA Programs (Business) – 29.65%

Harvard – 12.91%

University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) – 7.40%

Columbia – 4.95%

Dartmouth (Tuck) – 2.15%

Yale – 1.29%

Cornell (Johnson) – 0.95%

PhD Programs – all fields (with a STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics focus) – 8.91%

Harvard – 2.01%

Yale – 1.42%

Princeton – 1.40%

Columbia – 1.20%

University of Pennsylvania – 1.09%

Cornell – 1.01%

Brown – 0.53%

Dartmouth – 0.25%

Dental Schools – 1.03%

Harvard – 0.42%

University of Pennsylvania – 0.31%

Columbia – 0.31%

Other – 0.9%

Princeton, Masters in Finance – 0.17%

Cornell, Veterinary School – 0.14%

Yale, Master of Fine Arts (including the acting program at the Yale School of Drama) – 0.14%

Harvard, Kennedy School, Masters in Public Policy – 0.08%

Columbia, Film School/Master of Fine Arts – 0.08%

Harvard & Columbia, Masters in Architecture – 0.08% each

Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School, Masters in Public Administration – 0.06%

Columbia, School of International and Public Affairs, Master’s Programs – 0.06%

About Our Data

To ensure accuracy, we relied primarily on data from official sources. Linkedin as a source only represents 23.5% of our data. Using Linkedin Premium Recruiter, we also made sure to verify profiles to make sure our sample does not include fake profiles posted to Linkedin, of which there are many. Other organizations, publications, or websites posting placement data recently have often relied almost extensively on a basic search of Linkedin public data (often inaccurately pre-tallied), often not differentiating between undergraduate and graduate students or ensuring that they actually attended the listed institutions in their profiles. 

Our placement data in the medical field comes overwhelmingly from medical residency official website biographies, which are publicly available – and represents actual recent graduates practicing as resident physicians. For law, our data comes most extensively from law firm website associate biographies, and includes only the most prestigious, elite, and high paying firms, often referred to as “BIGLAW” or selective, boutique firms. For MBA programs, we relied mostly on resume books that are available to campus recruiting professionals.