First Gen Freshman
AI recommendation signal analysis across 378 domains for the First Gen Freshman persona in Colleges Universities.
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Crack the listicles
The "top and best" roundups that define this market for searchers and LLMs alike. These lists feed AI recommendations directly, so getting added to them is one of the highest-leverage moves in this report.
Where the numbers come from
We run top, best companies queries for this industry through Google and aggregate every result: domains by rank-weighted score (higher positions count for more) and appearance count, exact URLs by appearance count, and the most common title phrases.
What's on this page
Domain and URL charts, the full result list, and title n-gram tables.
Research: Top, Best Companies
Domains appearing in Google results for First Gen Freshman's Research: Top, Best Companies queries. Score is a rank-weighted sum (higher-ranked appearances count for more); count is a plain appearance tally.
Top URLs
Individual pages (not just domains) ranked by the same rank-weighted score, labeled by page title.
All Results
Every result for First Gen Freshman's Research: Top, Best Companies queries, ranked by how many times each exact URL appeared (ties broken by average rank position, so appearing higher up wins), a different aggregation than the score-based charts above. Title and URL links open in a new tab.
Title N-Grams
Most common word phrases (2 to 7 words) across every result title for these queries.
2-grams
| 19 | employers for |
| 15 | for new |
| 13 | first generation |
| 13 | best employers |
| 9 | companies for |
| 7 | college students |
| 7 | want to |
| 7 | new graduates |
| 6 | the top |
| 6 | america s |
| 6 | s best |
| 6 | are the |
| 5 | to work |
| 5 | work for |
| 5 | companies and |
| 5 | new grads |
| 5 | for college |
| 5 | college grads |
| 4 | generation students |
| 4 | the most |
| 4 | most popular |
| 4 | best companies |
| 4 | top employers |
| 4 | students most |
| 4 | most want |
3-grams
| 13 | employers for new |
| 12 | best employers for |
| 7 | for new graduates |
| 6 | america s best |
| 6 | s best employers |
| 5 | to work for |
| 5 | for new grads |
| 4 | first generation students |
| 4 | students most want |
| 4 | most want to |
| 4 | here are the |
| 4 | are the 20 |
| 4 | the 20 best |
| 4 | 20 best employers |
| 3 | want to work |
| 3 | top entry level |
| 3 | entry level employers |
| 3 | the top 24 |
| 3 | top 24 companies |
| 3 | 24 companies and |
| 3 | companies and 1 |
| 3 | and 1 agency |
| 3 | 1 agency that |
| 3 | best companies for |
| 3 | for new college |
4-grams
| 11 | best employers for new |
| 6 | america s best employers |
| 6 | s best employers for |
| 6 | employers for new graduates |
| 5 | employers for new grads |
| 4 | students most want to |
| 4 | here are the 20 |
| 4 | are the 20 best |
| 4 | the 20 best employers |
| 4 | 20 best employers for |
| 3 | want to work for |
| 3 | top entry level employers |
| 3 | the top 24 companies |
| 3 | top 24 companies and |
| 3 | 24 companies and 1 |
| 3 | companies and 1 agency |
| 3 | and 1 agency that |
| 3 | first of a kind |
| 3 | of a kind ranking |
| 3 | a kind ranking reveals |
| 3 | kind ranking reveals best |
| 3 | ranking reveals best large |
| 3 | reveals best large companies |
| 3 | best large companies for |
| 2 | biz programs with the |
5-grams
| 6 | america s best employers for |
| 6 | s best employers for new |
| 6 | best employers for new graduates |
| 5 | best employers for new grads |
| 4 | here are the 20 best |
| 4 | are the 20 best employers |
| 4 | the 20 best employers for |
| 4 | 20 best employers for new |
| 3 | the top 24 companies and |
| 3 | top 24 companies and 1 |
| 3 | 24 companies and 1 agency |
| 3 | companies and 1 agency that |
| 3 | first of a kind ranking |
| 3 | of a kind ranking reveals |
| 3 | a kind ranking reveals best |
| 3 | kind ranking reveals best large |
| 3 | ranking reveals best large companies |
| 3 | reveals best large companies for |
| 2 | biz programs with the most |
| 2 | programs with the most and |
| 2 | with the most and fewest |
| 2 | the most and fewest first |
| 2 | most and fewest first generation |
| 2 | forbes 2026 america s best |
| 2 | 2026 america s best employers |
6-grams
| 6 | america s best employers for new |
| 5 | s best employers for new grads |
| 4 | here are the 20 best employers |
| 4 | are the 20 best employers for |
| 4 | the 20 best employers for new |
| 4 | 20 best employers for new graduates |
| 3 | the top 24 companies and 1 |
| 3 | top 24 companies and 1 agency |
| 3 | 24 companies and 1 agency that |
| 3 | first of a kind ranking reveals |
| 3 | of a kind ranking reveals best |
| 3 | a kind ranking reveals best large |
| 3 | kind ranking reveals best large companies |
| 3 | ranking reveals best large companies for |
| 2 | biz programs with the most and |
| 2 | programs with the most and fewest |
| 2 | with the most and fewest first |
| 2 | the most and fewest first generation |
| 2 | forbes 2026 america s best employers |
| 2 | 2026 america s best employers for |
| 2 | best employers for new grads list |
| 2 | best employers for new grads 2025 |
| 2 | introducing the top employers for new |
| 2 | the top employers for new college |
| 2 | top employers for new college graduates |
7-grams
| 5 | america s best employers for new grads |
| 4 | here are the 20 best employers for |
| 4 | are the 20 best employers for new |
| 4 | the 20 best employers for new graduates |
| 3 | the top 24 companies and 1 agency |
| 3 | top 24 companies and 1 agency that |
| 3 | first of a kind ranking reveals best |
| 3 | of a kind ranking reveals best large |
| 3 | a kind ranking reveals best large companies |
| 3 | kind ranking reveals best large companies for |
| 2 | biz programs with the most and fewest |
| 2 | programs with the most and fewest first |
| 2 | with the most and fewest first generation |
| 2 | forbes 2026 america s best employers for |
| 2 | 2026 america s best employers for new |
| 2 | s best employers for new grads list |
| 2 | s best employers for new grads 2025 |
| 2 | introducing the top employers for new college |
| 2 | the top employers for new college graduates |
| 2 | 24 companies and 1 agency that u |
| 2 | companies and 1 agency that u s |
| 2 | and 1 agency that u s b |
| 2 | 1 agency that u s b school |
| 1 | 10 best colleges for first generation students |
| 1 | top 45 first generation scholarships for students |