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Originally Posted by DismalScientist
That's what I thought; speaking of ranks though, if you graduate from a university ranked outside of top-50, it really makes little difference where you graduate from (eg. little difference between 100th and 200th). Of course, we're Keeping in mind that some low-ranked universities might hit top-50 when ranked by sub-field.
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This is the recent placements of NC State:
http://www2.ncsu.edu/grad/econ_grad_pgm/alumni.html
That's already a "top 50" school, at least accordingly to US News. No disrespect to NC State, but I'm just making a point. The career prospects of the graduates of the low-ranking programs are likely to be even bleaker.
Ram