What are some hidden gem MBAs and Masters programs for finance recruiting?

Everyone wants to get into HSW and the M7. Well, what are some schools ranked below that but punch above their weight in terms of finance recruiting, particularly for MBA/Masters students?

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If you go much outside top 15 MBAs, you really reduce your chances of landing IB. Associate recruiting is not the same as analyst recruiting, it's much harder to network your way in unless you are diversity.

If it's IB or bust, the Houston target schools (UT, Rice, A&M) are all outside top 15 and give you an easy path to land IB, albeit in oil and gas, and you better have a good story as to why you want to work in O&G / stay in Texas. Can lateral to NYC after a year.

There are so few masters of finance programs in the US, and it's a bit off the beaten path for analyst recruiting already, that you can't really stray beyond the ~5-7 programs people talk about on this website

 

If you're American/Canadian, look into McGill Master of Finance program. You'll have access to Toronto/Montreal shops (Big 5) and access to NYC as well. It's a newer program and most kids don't want to do IB, but if you're hungry for IB you can place decently. There's almost no one recruiting for American jobs out of McGill (most students are Canadian) but still a decent McGill presence in NYC, so if you're American that's a huge advantage. I was able to get networking calls with people at pretty much every bank in NYC and even non-alumni would respond to me. Plus Montreal is a great city in terms of nightlife and things to do during the day.

To be fair, there's not a huge history of placements. If you want to go solely off the history of placements it doesn't look great. But that's exactly my point, it's undervalued. 

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