Best school for Investments industry

JeremyS
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:37:15 +0000

So I’m just about finished applying to all of my schools. The schools I’ve applied to so far are:

Rutgers University (NB)
Drexel University
Pace University
Fordham University
St. John’s
Baruch College

I’m also considering applying to Villanova or Lehigh as a reach.

I’m declaring my major as accounting, but my second choice would be finance. I’m not looking for a career in IB, trading, sales, etc. If I majored in finance, I’d like to get an entry level position at a mutual fund or somewhere in investment management.

So which of these schools would suffice? I’m supposing Villanova, Lehigh, and Fordham are definitely high enough prestige, but what about schools like Pace and Rutgers? Just wondering if paying $200,000 to go to a big private school is going to get me a substantially better job than would be available at a public school (e.g. Rutgers) or a private school that would give me a good financial aid package (e.g. Pace).

Thanks