re: Alabama academics

The one factor no one has mentioned is location, as to why many kids are going out of state

Where you attend college dramatically impacts your exit options in terms of state. I went to USC for grad school after UA because I couldn’t get a slot in the LA market at anywhere decent for my degree. I was getting a slew of Nashville opportunities but I dislike Nashville coming from a large metro as a kid.

I didn’t understand as a high schooler how your degree didn’t necessarily cross state borders, in terms of having weight