% who think their job is meaningful

Located in upstate New York, Colgate's grads often end up working in New York City or Boston, where there are a lot of high-paying jobs.

Helping them to get a leg up is a tight alumni network with a big presence in lucrative fields such as finance and business.

At least 150 alumni work at IBM, J.P. Morgan and Google combined, the school claims.

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