UK University Reputation in US

I am a university student pursuing math at one of the London targets (Imp/LSE/UCL), and I am quite interested in applying for a masters in finance program in the US. I am mainly thinking about doing this as my family is moving to the US, and I want to be closer to them. An alternative to this would be to start working in London and hopefully lateral to one of the US offices 1-2 years in the future. But I am quite worried that moving to the US after attending a UK uni would adversely affect my career opportunities down the line. The main reason I am considering a masters is for the rebrand. Ik that Oxbridge is well respected regardless of the region but do other targets also have a similar level of recognition in the US? If anyone went to a UK uni and is currently working in the US any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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banks and funds don't hire as much from MFins in the US as they do in the UK. Pretty sure only like 2 programs get attention and even then...

Laterally internally might have some visa issues as a lot of them are just temp rotations and won't let you recruit for buyside.

This is assuming you don't have US citizenship though

 

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