Conversely, schools with a monomaniacal focus on industry do rather well. I'm specifically thinking of Rose-Hulman - an undergraduate-only engineering school -

Conversely, schools with a monomaniacal focus on industry do rather well. I'm specifically thinking of Rose-Hulman - an undergraduate-only engineering school - ranked at 23rd. Also, a very similar argument to what you're making explains why I don't think that the gender wage gap is an big issue.