Ross or Stern for Undergrad

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<p>timetodecide and dlcor, it is a myth that Stern’s location gives it a leg up on the competition when it comes to placement in BB Wall Street firms. One must consider the size of the program (Stern is significantly larger than Ross) and the career objectives of its students (Stern students are more focused on finance jobs than Ross students). While you would likely have only 120-150 Ross students interested in Wall Street jobs in each graduating class, the number would be closer to 350-400 at Stern. </p>

<p>Prior to the 2009 global financial meltdown, Ross habitually placed approximately 75 undergrads in BB Wall Street banks annually. That represented 20% of the graduating class, which was not much lower than Wharton. Since the 2009 global depression, Wall Street firms have been more conservative in their hiring of analysts and Michigan, like any other target campus, has experienced a drop in recruitment activity on campus, from an average of 75 annually pre-2009 to an average of 45 annually since 2009.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2005.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2005.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2006.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2007.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2007.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2008.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2008.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I would love to see Stern’s placement data, but Stern is, suspiciously, the only top rated business school not to release placement details. I seriously doubt Stern places a noticeably higher percentage of its students in BB Wall Street firms.</p>