Why Elite College Grads Are Back on Top for Company Recruiters
The Wall Street Journal·2026-02-02 15:05
Where you went to college is starting to matter again. Elite schools are now back at the top of the list for company recruiters. It's a hiring trend for new grads that resembles recruiting practices from before the pandemic and tight labor market of 2018 and 2019.A survey of more than 150 companies found that 26% were exclusively recruiting from a short list of schools. That's up from 17% that were doing so in 2022 according to Various Insights. Now, nearly all the other companies surveyed said that they us ...