How is UNC/Emory/Texas MBA for IB associate recruiting

you should ask yourself: if you want to wind up corporate development, do you really need to do an MBA and then do investment banking? assuming you work at a decent firm, you can do that without the rebranding

You should also ask yourself: what is the probability weighted ROI? If you go to a school with a low cost of a living and reduce your odds of getting the career you want then is it really a better return on your investment?

To echo what was said above, I feel like it may be possible for you to get to your end goal with all the extra stress and cost of working in IB and getting an MBA.

If you are a non-American, I strongly recommend that you try for higher ranked colleges. There are hardly any non-American i-bankers from these colleges.

As someone with an MBA from a similar college, I can assure you that stats dont show what 'kind' of IB jobs do non-Americans get in these colleges - FO/BO.

Ross and Darden are better options than the 3 you listed

Do a search on linkedin. I do know at least one UNC MBA who worked as an IBD associate at a BB. Probably isn't that hard for UT-Austin either, provided you network.

Emory can get you there, JPMorgan and several other BBs make rounds. You will have to make the NYC trips to seal the deal but you should want to do that anyway. Emory's new dean appears totally pathetic though, so may want to stay away until that plays out (she has no clout in Finance at all). UT Austin does well for energy banking in HOU. If you want Energy BB its UT out of these 3. IMO Emory has more overall prestige but that doesn't mean it places you best (I don't want to hear UNC , UT ranking arguments just my IMO).