<p>ForeverAlone, McIntire (and UVa) students are probably more finance focused than Ross (and Michigan) students. That’s symptomatic of its East Coast roots. </p>
<p>For the record, McIntire is not half the size of Ross. Until a couple of years ago, both had classes of 330-350. It is only in the last three years (2011-2013) that Ross has expanded from 350 to 400. But this recent expansion would not have an impact on the figures above as most of those PE firms hire people with graduate degrees or years of experience. Between 2008 and 2013, Ross graduated 2,172 undergrads while McIntire graduated 2,006 undergrads. Perhaps the confusion is due to the fact that McIntire is a 2 year program while Ross is a 3 year program. As such, when you see the number of students enrolled in each program, Ross will indeed appear to be twice as large.</p>
<p>Below are some comparative placement data for the available years (2008-2013):</p>
<p>Bank of America
McIntire 32
Ross 16</p>
<p>Barclays
McIntire 27
Ross 10</p>
<p>Citi
McIntire 33
Ross 45</p>
<p>Credit Suisse
McIntire 9
Ross 23</p>
<p>Deutschebank
McIntire 12
Ross 25</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs
McIntire 12
Ross 32</p>
<p>JP Morgan
McIntire 27
Ross 69</p>
<p>Morgan Stanley
McIntire 26
Ross 31</p>
<p>UBS
McIntire 27
Ross 23</p>
<p>TOTAL
McIntire 205
Ross 274</p>
<p>Clearly, Ross and McIntire are both extremely well recruited by BB IBanks. </p>
<p>It should be noted that smaller financial firms, such as Blackstone and Lazard recruit undergrads at both McIntire and Ross. However, since both of them usually recruit 1-2 from any one campus (other than Harvard and Wharton), they do not show up in many placement reports since those usually only list the largest employers (which usually recruit 4 or more graduates in any given year.</p>
<p>That being said, I am not surprised that so many Georgetown and UVa alums end up at major PE firms given their location and the large segment of their undergraduate students who end up pursuing long-term careers in finance. </p>