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% of graduates in finance: 30.8%
Top employers: KPMG, JP Morgan, Visa
One third of graduates from the MBA at Saïd Business School go on to work in finance— an impressive figure for an MBA in a small English city one hour outside London.
However, location isn’t the only factor at play—Saïd’s hands-on elective courses offer the chance to explore international business, with past electives including ‘Fintech: Present and Future’ held in London.
Additionally, the Finance Lab is an intensive workshop experience offering students the chance to explore key finance concepts in an immersive manner, intensely preparing students for roles in investment banking, private equity, and asset management.
8. University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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% of graduates in finance: 36.2%
Top employers: JP Morgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse, Citigroup Inc.
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business boasts the most impressive percentage of grads in finance on the list, with almost 40% of the 2019 class bagging jobs in the sector, whether in company finance, investment banking, or private equity.
Booth’s full-time MBA offers a range of intensive concentrations, allowing students to specialise in Accounting, Analytic Finance, or general finance.
This is where Booth’s top faculty comes in—their finance specialisation is taught by world-leading finance scholars, including Nobel laureates Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen.
9. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
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% of graduates in financial: 35.8%
Top employers: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs & Co, Citi
The Wharton School’s MBA consistently features in the top five of the Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings, so you know that the program is rigorous and bound to get you a top job.
The program is also ideal for those looking to enter finance, with over one third of graduates entering the industry. At least two graduates in the class of 2019 went to finance giants including the Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs & Co, Citi, and Barclays—so there’s a rich heritage of finance alumni.
There are a total of 19 majors to choose from, including Accounting, Finance, and the STEM-designated Quantitative Finance.
The number of finance electives is vast, including Real Estate Investments, Data Science for Finance, Fintech, and Financial Derivatives.
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