The 10 schools with the most alumni at Facebook

After visiting the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta, New York State University and talking to many students in computer sciences and students specializing in marketing.

I asked them all was, “where do you want to work after graduation”?, an overwhelming number of them answered either Facebook or Google. I was surprised no one said Microsoft.

The students have been attracted to those companies because of the perks and benefits, and unlimited opportunities organizations offer to their employees. Here are the top 10 schools with the most alumni on Facebook

1. Stanford University

Stanford University is a private research school in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco. Its 8,180-acre campus is one of the Largest in the United States.

Stanford computer science program is ranked Number one in the nation, but it shares number one spot with MIT CMU according to the top Universities, Us News.

Overall Score: 93.6
Academic Reputation: 87.6
Citation per Paper: 99.4
Acceptance rate: 4.8 %
Employer Reputation: 95.4
Us News Ranking #: 1 (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 2

2. University of California at Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, is a public research university located in Berkeley, California.
Founded in 1868, Berkeley is the oldest of the ten research universities in the University of California system.

University of California, Berkeley is Computer Sciences offers one of the field’s most influential research and instructional programs anywhere in the world.
Because the programs have been regularly ranked in the top nationwide by those who list academic programs

Overall Score: 89.9
Academic Reputation: 85.4
Citation per Paper: 98
Acceptance rate: 17.5
Employer Reputation: 89.2
Us News Ranking #: 1 (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 4

3. Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools,
Carnegie Mellon University is an internationally ranked research university known for interdisciplinary programs in Computer Science.

Overall Score: 91.9
Academic Reputation: 100
Citation per Paper: 93.2
Acceptance rate: 13.7
Employer Reputation: 79.2
Us News Ranking #: 1 (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 3

4. University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a public research university with the main campus in Waterloo, Ontario. The main campus is 404 hectares of land in “Uptown” Waterloo, adjacent to Waterloo Park.

Waterloo Computer Science program is ranked 26th in the world by QS World University Rankings 2016
Editor’s Note: no data available for Waterloo

Overall Score: 79.9
Academic Reputation: 73.8
Citation per Paper: 92.6
Acceptance rate: N/A %
Employer Reputation: 76.7
Us News Ranking #: N/A (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 31

5. The University of Texas at Austin

UT Austin, UT, University of Texas, or Texas in sports contexts, is a public research university and the officially named flagship of the five-campus University of Texas System.

Overall Score: 80.6
Academic Reputation: 72.7
Citation per Paper: 98.8
Acceptance rate: 39 %
Employer Reputation: 75.2
Us News Ranking #: 9 (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 26

6. The University of California at Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Overall Score: 83.1
Academic Reputation: 76.7
Citation per Paper: 92.5
Acceptance rate: 18
Employer Reputation: 85.4
Us News Ranking #: 13
Top Universities Rank #: 13

7. University of Washington

The University of Washington commonly referred to as simply Washington, “U-Dub, ” is a public research university whose largest and original campus is in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Overall Score: 81.8
Academic Reputation: 81.9
Citation per Paper: 98.3
Acceptance rate: 45 %
Employer Reputation: 68.8
Us News Ranking #: 6 (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 16

8. Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University is a research university located in Beijing, China. Tsinghua is consistently ranked as one of the top academic institutions in China and Asia

Editor’s Note: no data available for Tsinghua
Overall Score: 82.2
Academic Reputation: 67.8
Citation per Paper: 85.2
Acceptance rate: N/A %
Employer Reputation: 94.1
Us News Ranking #: N/A (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 15

9. San Jose State University

San José State University is a comprehensive public university located in San Jose, California, United States

Editor’s Note: no data available for

Overall Score: N/A
Academic Reputation: N/A
Citation per Paper: N/A
Acceptance rate: 53.4 %
Employer Reputation: N/A
Us News Ranking #: N/A (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: N/A

10. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, also known as U of I, University of Illinois, UIUC, or simply Illinois, is a public research-intensive university in the U.S. state of Illinois

Overall Score: 80.2
Academic Reputation: 75.7
Citation per Paper: 95.9
Acceptance rate: 66 %
Employer Reputation: 71.2
Us News Ranking #: 5 (Tie)
Top Universities Rank #: 30