I raised the MBA point in response to the OPs IB career ambition and sensitivity to total cost. OP was considering two schools that have strong business credentials, and I was assuring them that neither would require an incremental advanced degree to progress through the typical IB advancement path of analyst-associate-VP- Director-MD. This is not the case with some schools and or concentrations.
In terms of the often debated target school discussion, I will simply state unequivocally based on my first hand experience that both Kelley and Mendoza are highly thought of and recruited from as targets for IB.
Last year’s summer analyst class of 50+ at the CIB I manage had candidates from both schools. We actively measure and calibrate our recruiting efforts (via consultants) versus the other top 25 IB recruiters of talent and both ND and Kelley frequently show up.
Once again this is not a product of using Google sourced rankings but is instead based on first hand real time experience juxtaposed against 30+ years experience corroborated by an extremely experienced HR talent team.