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As degrees get branded worthless, LinkedIn's just revealed the universities that give Gen Z the best shot at corner office jobs
As Gen Z increasingly wonders whether a diploma is worth the debt, LinkedIn says the real test of a school is its career pay-off and ROI. The platform's newest list of the top 50 colleges crowns Princeton University, Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania as the top institutions for 'long-term career success.' Smaller and lesser-known schools can also be hidden gems for young people seeking a fast track to the C-suite or building the next billion-dollar start-up. Millions of college students are headed back to school in the coming weeks, but the excitement of new classes, reconnecting with friends, and fall weather is being overshadowed by a cloud of uncertainty. With many recent graduates struggling like never before to land jobs—and some CEOs warning entry-level jobs are on the brink of extinction thanks to AI—Gen Z is left questioning whether spending four years and thousands of dollars on a degree will be well worth it. And ultimately, the answer may come down to where you obtained your degree. Graduates from Princeton University, Duke University, and the University of Pennsylvania are most likely to experience long-term career success, according to a list of the top 50 U.S. colleges released by LinkedIn this week. With indications that higher education payoff is slowly dying, it's more important now than ever to weigh up after-college career results and the likely ROI of a degree, says Andrew Seaman, senior editor-at-large for jobs and career development at LinkedIn News. 'Long-term success isn't just about landing a great first job, it's about sustained career growth and opportunity years after graduation,' Seaman tells Fortune. 'For this list, that means looking at how well a school sets alumni up for the long haul.' Whereas the median annual salary for high school graduates was $48,360 in 2024, those with a bachelor's degree typically earn just over $80,000—about a 65% increase, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell University, and Harvard University round out the top six best colleges, but other typically elite schools are much further down the list. Ivy League institutions Columbia University and Yale University, are No. 18 and 19, respectively. (See the full list below). Getting a degree from a popular school might not be enough LinkedIn produced its ranking using five equally weighted pillars: Job placement: Percentage of alumni from recent graduate cohorts (2019-2024) who started a full-time position or a graduate school program within the same year of graduating. Internships and recruit demand: Percentage of alumni from recent cohorts who completed an undergraduate internship; and labor market demand for recent cohorts, based on InMail outreach data. Career success: Percentage of alumni with post-graduate entrepreneurship or C-suite experience. Networth strength: How connected alumni of the same school are to each other, as well as how connected alumni from recent cohorts are to all past alumni and current students Knowledge breadth: Unique fields of study and skills gained by recent graduates. Focusing on these data points, LinkedIn produced a ranking that saw many well-known schools absent, such as Johns Hopkins University, Emory University, Georgia Tech, and the University of North Carolina. Instead, some institutions with lesser name-recognition made the top-50 cut, such as Bentley University (No. 15), Bucknell University (No. 21), and Fairfield University (No. 28). The findings overall signal that a popular or Ivy League name isn't needed to deliver exceptional career outcomes, Seaman says. 'Schools like Bentley University and Fairfield University are excelling at connecting students with high-quality internships, building strong alumni networks, and helping graduates secure jobs or graduate school placements quickly, all factors that drive long-term career success,' Seaman adds. Among Bucknell's class of 2024, 93% of students secured career opportunities within nine months of graduation, earning an average starting salary of $73,075. Smaller colleges, such as Babson College and Colgate University, were also standouts in terms of network strength and job placement. Babson in particular has the highest percentage of graduates who have become entrepreneurs and founders, according to Seaman. The growing need for AI skills As the value of college continues to be questioned, what many business leaders agree is that students need to learn AI skills above all—or they could risk becoming part of the growing number of Gen Zers who are NEET, not in employment, education, or training. Earlier this year, over 250 CEOs, including Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Airbnb's Brian Chesky, and Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi, called for an increase in computer science and AI education among all students. 'In the age of AI, we must prepare our children for the future—to be AI creators, not just consumers,' the CEOs wrote in a letter sent to lawmakers. 'A basic foundation in computer science and AI is crucial for helping every student thrive in a technology-driven world. Without it, they risk falling behind.' But that doesn't necessarily mean your college major has to be squarely AI or tech-focused. In fact, when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was recently asked what the young version of himself would choose to focus on today, he said he'd opt for 'more of the physical sciences than the software sciences.' The top 50 schools for long-term career success According to LinkedIn Princeton University Duke University University of Pennsylvania Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cornell University Harvard University Babson College University of Notre Dame Dartmouth College Stanford University Northwestern University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Brown University Bentley University Tufts University Lehigh University Columbia University Yale University Carnegie Mellon University Bucknell University Boston College Villanova University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Wake Forest University University of Chicago University of Southern California Fairfield University Washington and Lee University University of California-Berkeley Rice University Georgetown University Purdue University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Miami University Colgate University Southern Methodist University Bryant University Worcester Polytechnic Institute The Pennsylvania State University California Institute of Technology Trinity College Boston University University of Richmond Stevens Institute of Technology The University of Texas at Austin Indiana University Bloomington Lafayette College Providence College University of Wisconsin-Madison This story was originally featured on
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LinkedIn Expands Access to AI-Assisted Job Summaries
This story was originally published on Social Media Today. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Social Media Today newsletter. LinkedIn's expanding access to its AI-generated job summaries option for recruiters, which helps prospective employers ensure that the relevant key terms and skills are noted in your job ads, better aligning them with LinkedIn's recommendation systems. The option has been available in some regions for a while, while LinkedIn has also been developing its listings within its Recruiter platform to improve their accuracy. And now, more LinkedIn Company Page managers in more regions will be able to use its AI assistance for their job listings. As explained by LinkedIn, its AI-generated job summaries are currently available 'for a subset of LinkedIn members using LinkedIn job posts in the U.S., India, U.K., Canada, and Australia.' Originally, the option was only available in the U.S. and Canada, but now, more regions are gaining access, providing expanded AI assistance in the job listing process. And the expansion into India is significant, because India is now LinkedIn's third-biggest user market, behind the U.S. and Europe. The platform has seen rapid growth in India, and as such, it's now becoming a bigger focus for the platform, as it builds new tools and innovations. Which, for LinkedIn, at least for the moment, means more and more AI-powered options. 'AI-assisted job descriptions make it easier for hiring managers to create high-quality job descriptions quickly. Using this feature helps you spend less time creating your job description from scratch and more time on other aspects of hiring.' LinkedIn says that the process leverages data and skills insights from across the platform to draft more resonant job descriptions. 'The inputs used are job title, job location, company, workplace type, and job type that are provided to us when you start your job post.' LinkedIn says that these AI-generated summaries will help employers come up with better outlines for the position that they're hiring for, though they won't necessarily be better than human-created overviews. 'Using AI-assisted job descriptions does not mean the draft job description will be better for your role than if you write your own. We hope to help hiring managers save time writing and editing their job descriptions and use a skills-based approach to help draft a job description for you. While we try to ensure quality, mistakes can sometimes happen and job descriptions will not contain all required information. You'll still need to review the job description to make sure it is right for your role and make any edits before posting.' So it's an assistive tool, not a replacement for actual human insight and expertise. But it could be a handy way to ensure that your LinkedIn job postings align with the right elements to get your role in front of the right people in the app. And now, it's available to more users. It could be worth trying out when you go to list a new position to see how LinkedIn identifies the skills required for your workplace. Recommended Reading LinkedIn Adds Mini Sudoku, Its Sixth In-App Game Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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CoreWeave to Participate in the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference
LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CoreWeave Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWV) said Thursday that Chief Financial Officer Nitin Agrawal will take part in the Deutsche Bank 2025 Technology Conference. Agrawal's session is scheduled for August 27th at 8 a.m. Pacific time (11 a.m. Eastern). A live webcast and a replay of the presentation will be available on CoreWeave's Investor Relations site at Disclosure Information CoreWeave uses its investor relations page ( its X account (@CoreWeave), and its LinkedIn page ( to disclose material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor these websites, in addition to following CoreWeave's press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, public conference calls and public webcasts. About CoreWeave, Inc. CoreWeave, the AI Hyperscaler™, delivers a cloud platform of cutting-edge software powering the next wave of AI. The company's technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with cloud solutions for accelerated computing. Since 2017, CoreWeave has operated a growing footprint of data centers across the US and Europe. CoreWeave was ranked as one of the TIME100 most influential companies and featured on Forbes Cloud 100 ranking in 2024. Learn more at
