Duke is a top 5 target in Banking/Consulting/Private Equity

Colleges & Universities Duke University
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<p>I apologize for beating a dead horse but I wanted to put to rest once and for all the questions/doubts that a lot of prospective incoming freshman have regarding employment opportunities in the financial sector post-graduation. After doing some research on here and some other places, I have come across some links to posts and studies that show the representation of various undergraduate institutions in some of the nation’s top banking/PE/consulting firms and how Duke fares comparatively. The information gathered definitely reinforces what a lot of the users on this forum have been saying about Duke’s incredible placement.</p>

<p>BANKING(Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanely)
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/461571-top-5-undergraduate-schools-ibanking.html?highlight=Top+5[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/461571-top-5-undergraduate-schools-ibanking.html?highlight=Top+5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>BANKING(Summer Analyst class of one bank)
[2007</a> list of BB Summer Associate class by colleges | WallStreetOasis.com](<a href=“http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/2007-list-of-bb-summer-associate-class-by-colleges]2007”>2007 list of BB Summer Associate class by colleges | Wall Street Oasis)</p>

<p>PRIVATE EQUITY(Blackstone, Carlyle, Bain Capital, Silverlake Partners, Warburg Pincus and Providence Equity Partners)
[Private</a> Equity Firms & Universities: What’s the Relationship? | BankersBall](<a href=“bankersball.com - bankersball Resources and Information.”>bankersball.com - bankersball Resources and Information.)</p>

<p>CONSULTING(either McKinsey, Bain or BCG)
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/492035-duke-ivy-s-major-consulting-ib.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/492035-duke-ivy-s-major-consulting-ib.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Although the sources presented are a little ambiguous and somewhat dubious, there is no central database of data for this sort of thing so it’s largely a guessing game. However, there is a fairly strong positive correlation between the information presented here and it seems somewhat safe to assume that Duke is a top 5 target school among firms in Banking/Consulting/PE along with Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Dartmouth.</p>