Does Michigan-Ross bba really place THIS well? Employment survey seems too good
Each BBA class has 500-600 kids. According to their most recent grad survey, nearly 60% of the class goes to Finance or Strategy Consulting – basically $100K gigs for anyone who wants one? That's REALLY good, isn't it? If legit, outside of HYPS and Wharton, any reason to attend a harder, less fun school?
Finance: 42.1% of class mean: $78,000 + annual bonus + up to $10,000 signing Strategy Consulting: 14.9% of class mean: $75,000 + annual bonus + up to $5,000 signing
Finance breakdown:
Asset Management 10.3%
Corporate Finance 7.2%
General Finance 1.3%
Investment Banking 16.9%
Private Equity/Venture Capital 2.3%
Sales/Trading 4.1%
What “harder, less fun schools” do you think people are attending over Ross?
And none of those schools have the feel of Ann Arbor, social scene or rich athletic history.
Yes, OP, Michigan Ross BBA is that good. I believe it hit #4 or #5 in the latest rankings.
Finance at 42.1% isn't that surprising. Of the breakdown you listed I would say almost all of them (aside from VC / PE) are all data points that can be misleading... It probably encompasses a lot of different roles. (I can see ST including MO desk support roles. IB can also include MO controller support roles. You can tell by the salary averages. If every individual in that 42.1% of the class was landing FO High Finance / IB roles the mean salary would probably be 10-15% higher.
Every school excludes people to pump up those median starting salary and placements. Think there was a couple of lawsuits over it.