Job placement in management consulting: Emory vs. GTown vs. Boston College

College Search & Selection
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Hey guys!

I’ve read the data for each of these schools but have not found a direct comparison. Which one of these schools would be best for landing a job at a management consulting firm in NYC after college?

I have been accepted to all three of these. I’m also one of the candidates for the Presidential Scholarship at BC. I’ve recently become interested in undergrad business school, and all three have that, but that’s only recently; I didn’t apply to any of their business schools. Georgetown McDonough and Emory Goizueta are easy to internally transfer into (with Goizueta not even starting until junior year), but CSOM at Boston College is, as they told me last week when I was up there for the scholarship interviews, nearly impossible to internally transfer into. I would have to do it before Freshman year, and I don’t think I’d be ready for that.

Anyway, if anyone could offer some insight that would be great! I like Georgetown the most, but I’m trying to weigh all factors.

Thanks!

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CONGRATULATIONS, you should have great pride in these three outstanding acceptances.

I won’t answer your question, but I will recommend a way to ascertain some likely critical information. Bain and McKinsey and often perceived as the top two management consulting firms. They do not interview at many undergraduate or MBA programs. Were you to establish at which schools they recruit, you might have a rather sound datapoint toward resolving your question.

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@TopTier‌ Thank you so much!!! I’ll go forward with that

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McK, Bain, but BCG as well. B-schools usually publish where their grads go to after graduation. Some give the number as well. Be sure to differentiate between MBA and undergrad placement, though.

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McK has a tool to search for recruiting events on campus. They have round 1 interviews set up at Gtown but not the others.

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Thanks guys! @PurpleTitan‌ @BrownParent‌

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  1. You can do management consulting in cities other than New York; the top firms have offices all over the country. Is New York just your preference or were you under the impression that you can only do it there?

  2. McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are the top 3 consulting firms; Accenture, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (which relatively recently acquired Booz & Company and made tat their consulting arm, Strategy&) and Booz Allen Hamilton also have well-known consulting arms. However…they aren’t the only strategy consulting firms. There are lots of smaller firms, niche firms, and boutique firms that maybe focus on one particular type of industry (like healthcare).

It appears that consulting firms are the second largest industry that Goizeuta BBA graduates enter, but consulting is only the fourth largest function that they serve - after finance, marketing, and accounting (9.9% of graduates). 38% end up in New York or New England (which is very likely dominated by the city of New York and Boston). Bain, BDO Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, EY, FTI Consulting, KPMG, PwC, and Triage Consulting are named as just some of Goizueta’s top consulting recruiters on the BBA level.

At BC, consulting is the third largest job function (after accounting and finance). Top employers are PwC, EY, KPMG, Deloitte (all of which have management consulting arms). BC had the least amount of information on recruiters easily available on the webpage, so I was only able to see their top hiring companies - which isn’t necessarily informative since the graduating class is dominated by those who went into accounting and banking. Most of the students who went to the Big Four firms probably went as accountants.

At Georgetown consulting is the second largest industry (after financial services) AND the second largest job function (after investment banking). The top consulting employers at Georgetown are PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, Accenture, EY, McKinsey (2 students), and Navigant Consulting (1 student).

So Emory/Goizueta had more of the big firms listed among their recruiting companies and of their newly hired graduates. All three schools seem to have relatively large numbers of people go off to the Big Four accounting companies (PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, and EY) in consulting functions more often than they go to McKinsey, Bain, or BCG. Based solely on the available information Emory seems to have a slight edge, but the edge is so slight that I don’t think it really matters too much which one you choose. A sufficiently motivated student with excellent internships and involvement at Georgetown, if that is your preference, should be able to get an excellent consulting gig at a top firm in New York, if she wanted.

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WOW, thank you!!! That is quite the wealth of useful information. I especially appreciate the Emory info. I was worried I wouldn’t have consulting employment prospects in NYC due to Atlanta being the farthest from NYC.

And NYC is just a preference for me. I will investigate these schools even more closely if I receive a scholarship offer from BC.

Thanks again :slight_smile: @juillet‌