UW Seattle VS. IUB Kelley

barrons
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:12:33 +0000

I grew up in NJ and worked 10 years in the Chicago area before Seattle. Your opinion of Kelly is grossly inflated. For most Kelly grads it’s just another good midwest B school. A chosen few–emphasis on few–get IB jobs in NY. The vast majority end up in Indy, Chicago etc working for accounting firms and regional banks and companies.

From the Kelley Placement Report 2009

Kelley students accepted employment in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and five countries worldwide. The greatest concentration of hires (75%) was in the Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota and Iowa.
The top states were Illinois (37%), Indiana (24%), New York (6%), and Ohio (5%). The most popular city for employment was Chicago, followed by Indianapolis, New York, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh.
Industry Distribution:
The top hiring industries were public accounting (18%), retail (13%), investment banking (9%), consulting (7%) and financial services (7%).

Top Full-Time Hiring Companies
Deloitte (22)
Ernst & Young US LLP (18)
KPMG LLP (16)
Bank of America (12)
Dick’s Sporting Goods (11)
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (11)
Sears Holdings Corporation (11)
Crowe Horwath LLP (10)
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (10)
Target (10)