Now that I think of it, I’ve never met an Alabama graduate in the real business world. I’ve met people from literally every other SEC school, and quite a few Auburn grads who were well respected, but never a Bama grad…. 🤔
Asking because I truly don’t know - is Auburn considered significantly more academically sound than Bama, or are they on the same level academically?
Alabama is a pretty run of the mill state University. No better or worse for the average student than most state schools. However, it does not compare to the elite resources that some of the better schools have. And the more highly populated states have more high-end students purely as a matter of numbers; and those schools are becoming more and more competive as tuition at the private school (like ND) becomes insane.
I think it's certainly possible not to encounter a bunch of Alabama grads because they overwhelmingly tend to stay. They like it there, have good lives, and the networks are there to support them.
Huntsville has taken over economically in some ways, but traditionally Birmingham and Mobile (now including the other side of the Bay) are where educated people lived, and they historically were pretty closed off to the rest of the world. The nice parts of both cities are some of the easiest living in the country.
Almost no one wanted to live in Tuscaloosa or Montgomery, unless you worked for the University or were into State politics.
