University hiring: If you didn’t get your Ph.D. at an elite university, good luck finding an academic job.

While elite universities, with their deep resources and demanding coursework, surely produce great professors, the data suggest that faculty hiring isn’t a simple meritocracy. The top schools generate far more professors than even just slightly less prestigious schools. For example, in history, the top 10 schools produce three times as many future professors as those ranked 11 through 20.

From University hiring: If you didn’t get your Ph.D. at an elite university, good luck finding an academic job.