ASU joins a host of Ivy League schools on the top 25 list of colleges and universities for producing the nation’s leaders, coming in at No. 20 ahead of Notre Dame, Vanderbilt and USC, according to a new analysis from Time.
Time and data collection provider Statista analyzed the resumés of 2,000 top leaders in the U.S. — including politicians, CEOs, union leaders, Nobel winners and more across all sectors — to assemble a ranking of the universities and colleges where they received their degrees.
In a story at Time.com, experts say one of the things that distinguishes these schools is that alumni receive more opportunities after graduation to become leaders. The diploma from these top schools signals at least two things to prospective employers: a high likelihood of intelligence and in many cases survival of a difficult admissions process, according to the Time story. In ASU’s case, through its Charter the university maintains the principle of accessibility to all students qualified to study, and engages learners of all socioeconomic, geographic and demographic backgrounds.
In addition to ASU, only six other public universities made the first 25, including the University of Michigan, UC Berkeley, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Texas A&M. Harvard topped the list.
Check out Time’s Top 25 ranking, below, along with their Statista score for producing the nation’s leaders. Read more from Time.com here. And visit UniversityBusiness.com for another story detailing the Time ranking.
Top 25
1-Harvard University 100
2-Stanford University 90
3-University of Pennsylvania 89
4-Columbia University 87
5-Massachusetts Institute of Technology 87
6-Yale University 86
7-Princeton University 86
8-Northwestern University 85
9-University of Michigan 85
10-University of Chicago 84
11-University of California, Berkeley 84
12-Georgetown University 84
13-New York University 83
14-University of Texas at Austin 83
15-Cornell University 83
16-Dartmouth College 83
17-University of Virginia 83
18-Duke University 83
19-Brown University 83
20-Arizona State University 82
21-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 82
22-University of Notre Dame 82
23-Texas A&M University 82
24-Vanderbilt University 82
25-University of Southern California
