Penn State Vs. Other Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was surprised that KPMG does not recruit at Ivy League schools (or at least Wharton). USNews ranks Wharton’s acccounting program #4:</p>

<p>[Accounting</a> | Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-accounting]Accounting”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-accounting)</p>

<p>However, I just checked the most recent Wharton (U of Penn) undergraduate placement survey and it is correct that very few accounting grads from Wharton ended up in public accounting:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/WHA_2012cp.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/WHA_2012cp.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>They seem more likely to end up in investment banking like their finance peers.</p>