^^ I tend to agree with this sentiment most of the time but this why you have to add job placement and location into the mix.
If you want MC in the mid atlantic then UVA would be better If you want banking in NY than Cornell:
Cornell:
Citi 8
Deloitte Consulting LLP 7
Accenture 5
Deutsche Bank 5
General Electric Company 5
JP Morgan 5
American Express 4
Barclays Capital Inc 4
Colgate-Palmolive Company 4
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc 4
Morgan Stanley 4
Bain & Company Inc 3
Johnson & Johnson 3
McKinsey & Company 3
Proctor & Gamble Company 3
UVA:
IBM Global Business Services 9
Deloitte 8
Barclays Capital 7
Danaher 7
Bain & Company, Inc. 6
McKinsey & Co. 6
Accenture 5
Boston Consulting Group, Inc., The 5
Microsoft Corp. 5
Target Corporation 4
Booz & Co. 4
ZS Associates 4
Citi 4
Johnson & Johnson 4
JPMorgan 4