<p>I've heard a lot about investment banking (which explains why I'm here), but I really don't a concrete idea of what it really is. What college majors are most investment bankers?</p>
<p>Investment bankers provide M&A advisory and help companies raise capital in the debt and equity capital markets.</p>
<p>The college majors vary -- from Sociology all the way to Engineering -- as many of the investment bankers are from the nation's top schools, and HR does not put great emphasis on the actual major but rather on a demonstrated interested in finance and a respectable GPA.</p>
<p>I will say, however, that the non-targets I worked with during my SA program tended to major in finance.</p>
<p>what's a non-target?</p>
<p>Schools that are not heavily recruited (hence "targeted") by investment banks.</p>