Purdue

College Majors Business Major
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<p>How does Purdue stand in terms of finance, especially in recruitment to i-banks and other such things?</p>

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<p>not good at all. most purdue grads stay in the midwest anyway.</p>

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<p>well...
purdue business is 'good'</p>

<p>however, not enough for i-bank</p>

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<p>what schools would you group it with?</p>

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<p>i'd group it with..
ohio state, indiana-bloomington, michigan state</p>

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i'd group it with..
ohio state, indiana-bloomington, michigan state

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<p>Thats a funny grouping considering IU-Kelley sent 27% of its 2006 finance majors into Ibanking. Thats approximately 160 incoming analysts. Compared with say UMich-Ross's approximately 100 incoming analysts.</p>

<p>Take a look at Purdue-Krannert's placement statistics:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.mgmt.purdue.edu/undergraduate/career/placement.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mgmt.purdue.edu/undergraduate/career/placement.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>So its fine if you want to head into manufacturing management or similiar career fields. But it isn't going to get you to Ibanking or management consulting.</p>

<p>Engineering is really Purdue's focus, not business.</p>

<p><a href="http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06rankings/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06rankings/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I would compare Purdue to Texas A&M, both schools with a focus on engineering that also happen to have business schools.</p>

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<p>Personally, I would place IU-Kelley above Purdue quite a bit. Purdue is more known for its engineering programs I believe... not its business. Purdue falls in line with some of the other Big10 schools like Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Minnesota-TC. IU-Kelley is up there with Wisconsin-Madison and Penn State in business school prestige.... Of course, that's just my opinion, and I'm only considering the Big10, because I have college football fever!</p>