Best colleges to go to for investment banking
I am a junior in high school and want to start looking at colleges and want to know what the best colleges i could go to in order to get the best education for investment banking.
UPenn, probably
Based on the most helpful WSO content, here are some of the top target schools for investment banking:
Top Target Schools:
Second Tier Target Schools:
Notable Mentions:
These schools are known for their strong alumni networks, on-campus recruiting, and high placement rates in investment banking roles.
Sources: Comprehensive List of Target Schools for Investment Banking, What's the best school for investment banking?, The Comprehensive List of Transfer Friendly Schools For Investment Banking, Help me choose the right university for Investment Banking, Comparison of College Athletes to Investment Banking
ASU???
Any of the following schools will put you in a good spot to recruit for IB/PE roles straight out of undergrad.
- Harvard
- Yale
- Princeton
- UPenn
- Columbia
- Cornell
- Duke
- UChicago
- Georgetown (McDonough)
- UVA (McIntire)
- UMich (Ross)
- NYU (Stern)
- Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Some semi-targets that are also good:
- Brown
- Dartmouth
- Northwestern
- Stanford (semi-target just due to self-selection by students)
- MIT (most people at MIT probably aren't interested in finance but you will have no problem recruiting from there)
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