<p>All the bulge bracket investment banks and consulting firms recruit at Columbia and Duke pretty heavily too.</p>
<p>If you type “Investment Banking Analyst” into LinkedIn and search various banks using each school, here is what you get…</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs
Columbia: 12
Duke: 11
Princeton: 6</p>
<p>Morgan Stanley
Columbia: 8
Duke: 8
Princeton: 8</p>
<p>JP Morgan
Princeton: 8
Columbia: 5
Duke: 5</p>
<p>Barclays Capital
Duke: 9
Princeton: 7
Columbia: 5</p>
<p>Deutsche Bank
Duke: 11
Princeton: 1
Columbia: 0</p>
<p>UBS
Duke: 1
Columbia: 0
Princeton: 0</p>
<p>Credit Suisse
Columbia: 7
Duke: 3
Princeton: 3</p>
<p>Citigroup
Princeton: 8
Columbia: 6
Duke: 2</p>
<p>Total
Duke: 50
Columbia: 43
Princeton: 41</p>
<p>This isn’t a 100% accurate since Linked-In profiles are prone to self-selection bias and there are a lot of other boutique banks where graduates can join but it gives you some insight.</p>
<p>All 3 of these schools are peers with regards to placement into consulting and finance. If you want a true edge in recruiting, go to Wharton.</p>