MF PE Associate Class Sizes

Curious how large the first-year associate class sizes are at TPG, Carlyle, Bain Cap, KKR, Warburg and BX? Just wondering about pure-play PE, not REPE, Infra PE, etc.

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Don't have specifics for each firm, but would say class of roughly 6-10 associates at each MF.

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