Investment Banking Placement by College
Comprehensive placement data for every major IB feeder school. See which universities place best into top banks, learn about recruiting processes, and get school-specific tips for breaking into investment banking.
Ivy League
The eight Ivy League universities, all considered top-tier targets for investment banking with the strongest on-campus recruiting.
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
Harvard University
Harvard Business School (graduate)
Columbia University
Columbia Business School (graduate)
Cornell University
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Yale University
Yale School of Management (graduate)
Princeton University
Dartmouth College
Tuck School of Business (graduate)
Brown University
Top Target Schools
Elite non-Ivy universities with established, top-tier IB pipelines rivaling or exceeding many Ivy League schools.
Georgetown University
McDonough School of Business
New York University
Stern School of Business
University of Michigan
Ross School of Business
Duke University
Fuqua School of Business (graduate)
University of Virginia
McIntire School of Commerce
Stanford University
Stanford Graduate School of Business (graduate)
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management (graduate); undergraduate programs in Weinberg
University of Chicago
Booth School of Business (graduate)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management (graduate)
Core Target Schools
Strong IB feeders with well-organized recruiting infrastructure and consistent placement at major banks.
University of Notre Dame
Mendoza College of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
University of California, Berkeley
Haas School of Business
University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business
Brigham Young University
Marriott School of Business
Southern Methodist University
Cox School of Business
Boston College
Carroll School of Management
Emory University
Goizueta Business School
University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Anderson (graduate); undergraduate economics
Vanderbilt University
Owen Graduate School of Management (graduate)
Rice University
Jones Graduate School of Business (graduate)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Wake Forest University
School of Business
Washington University in St. Louis
Olin Business School
Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business
Indiana University
Kelley School of Business
Semi-Target Schools
Schools with meaningful IB placement that typically require more proactive networking and preparation.
Middlebury College
Claremont McKenna College
Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
Penn State University
Smeal College of Business
Baruch College
Zicklin School of Business
Williams College
Fordham University
Gabelli School of Business
Amherst College
University of Georgia
Terry College of Business
Texas A&M University
Mays Business School
University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Boston University
Questrom School of Business
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin School of Business
Colgate University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gies College of Business
The Johns Hopkins University
Carey Business School (graduate)
University of Miami
Herbert Business School
Texas Christian University
Neeley School of Business
Villanova University
Villanova School of Business
Arizona State University
W.P. Carey School of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
Scheller College of Business
Canadian Schools
Canadian universities feeding into Bay Street and global investment banking markets.
Western University
Ivey Business School
Queen's University
Smith School of Business
McGill University
Desautels Faculty of Management
University of Toronto
Rotman School of Management (graduate); Rotman Commerce (undergraduate)
University of Waterloo
Wilfrid Laurier University
Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
University of British Columbia
Sauder School of Business
York University
Schulich School of Business
University of Calgary
Haskayne School of Business
University of Alberta
Alberta School of Business
Concordia University
John Molson School of Business
Simon Fraser University
Beedie School of Business
McMaster University
DeGroote School of Business
HEC Montréal
HEC Montréal
University of Ottawa
Telfer School of Management
Dalhousie University
Rowe School of Business
Toronto Metropolitan University
Ted Rogers School of Management
University of Guelph
Lang School of Business & Economics
Carleton University
Sprott School of Business
Asian Schools
Leading Asian universities with strong placement into APAC investment banking roles.
National University of Singapore
NUS Business School
The University of Hong Kong
HKU Business School
Singapore Management University
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
HKUST Business School
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