Which has a greater number of alumni in banking: Vanderbilt or Villanova

though not 1st tier targets, both have a good amount of alumni on the street. i'd say villanova has more of a presence in the nyc area because of its location. i can't speak for other areas of the country though.

i know bb's and smaller firms recruit at both - if you go to either and maintain a 3.5+ gpa, you'll have opportunities.

vanderbilt

Villanova has a number of alumni at both BBs and boutique firms. I know that Goldman, Deutsche and JPM all recruit for front office positions.

Having said that, if you are in the process of deciding between these two schools note that they are completely different atmospheres. PM me with questions regarding Villanova.

Vandy probably has more alumni in NC, Atl, and Houston offices, but Villanova probably wins when it comes to NYC. Vanderbilt has a little more prestige as an overall school, but you should definitely pick on fit. As CatsLHP said, they are completely different in atmosphere, and from personal experience, I've never felt that Vanderbilt was a very international-friendly school. Much more southern, frat-boy oriented, whereas Villanova, with its location, would probably be a better fit.

I've never seen Villanova on a ranking list.

Villanova has a very strong alumni network on Wall Street. All of the BB recruit for front office positions at Villanova. As others have mentioned I think that it also has an advantage on location. As for atmospheres I can't speak to that, but if you are deciding on career ops only, then I think Villanova would def be the right call.

An to indian-banker comment, I know that Villanova was ranked the 12th best undergrad b-school. I believe it has also has been on other rankings as well.

Go with Vandy.

At least 2-4 people in each class are from there. I might see 1 person from Nova in the analyst facebooks.

Also I'll take Nashville over Philly anyday of the week. Visit both schools, and you'll probably understand what I'm saying.

Vandy has way more social prestige, probably better for networking

Which class you mean? NYC?
So you are saying that even in NYC Vandy has an edge? Or just southern offices?

I agree with ginNtonic. Even in NYC, I would say Vandy has the edge. Nobody really views Villanova as an academic powerhouse, while Vandy is a strong school nation-wide.

Vandy's a better school, end of story.

I never saw a Nova student at my internships. I did see Vandy students. Anecdotal, but probably telling.

A. I think it's pretty retarded to choose a school based on banking exit ops

B. Vandy is a Top 20 school, Top 20 party school (playboy), and a sweet 16 basketball team (I'll take SEC football/basketball over Big East anyday)

C. Warm weather, Nashville is a fun city, and all of the girls are hot (and scored over 1400 on the SATs)

D. It's actually a very highly-respected school (at least everyone in NYC knows of it), and a lot of people I know passed on Ivyies for Vandy, because of B. and C.