The 25 best MBA programs for people who want to work on Wall Street

Andy KierszOct 26, 2018, 18:00 IST

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If you want to work on Wall Street, you'll want the best business school for finance.
Higher- and business-education specialist QS Quacquarelli Symonds recently released its 2019 Global MBA Ranking, evaluating 251 of the best business schools in the world.
QS provided Business Insider with estimates of how many graduates from the top programs went into the finance industry.

Getting an MBA can be a huge boost to a career in finance.

Higher- and business-education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds released its 2019 Global MBA Ranking, evaluating 251 of the best business schools in the world based on data provided by the schools and surveys of employers and academics.

To get an idea of which MBA programs were best-suited to those going into the finance industry, QS provided Business Insider with estimates of how many graduates in the class of 2017 from the top 60 business schools in the QS ranking went into finance, based on MBACSEA reporting standards.

Here are the 25 MBA programs among the top 60 in the world with the most graduates going into the finance industry.

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25. HEC Paris

Location: Jouy-en-Josas, France

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 50

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 21%

24. HKUST

Location: Hong Kong

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 51

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 42%

Read more about HKUST at TopMBA »

23. INSEAD

Location: Fontainebleau, France/Singapore

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 54

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 10%

Read more about INSEAD at TopMBA »

21 (tie). Unviersity of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)

Location: Chapel Hill, NC

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 55

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 19%

21 (tie). MIT (Sloan)

Location: Cambridge, MA

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 55

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 14%

20. CEIBS

Location: Shanghai, China

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 56

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 31%

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18 (tie). IE Business School

Location: Madrid, Spain

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 59

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 18%

18 (tie). Dartmouth (Tuck)

Location: Hanover, NH

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 59

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 20%

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16 (tie). Northwestern (Kellogg)

Location: Evanston, IL

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 62

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 13%

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16 (tie). IESE Business School

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 62

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 18%

15. UCLA (Anderson)

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 65

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 18%

14. Yale

Location: New Haven, CT

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 76

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 22%

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13. University of Virginia (Darden)

Location: Charlottesville, VA

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 78

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 24%

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12. Duke (Fuqua)

Location: Durham, NC

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 87

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 20%

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11. Cornell (Johnson)

Location: Ithaca, NY

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 90

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 33%

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10. Georgetown (McDonough)

Location: Washington, DC

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 91

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 33%

9. Oxford (Said)

Location: Oxford, UK

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 92

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 29%

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7 (tie). NYU (Stern)

Location: New York, NY

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 112

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 32%

7 (tie). London Business School

Location: London, UK

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 112

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 26%

6. University of Toronto (Rotman)

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 130

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 37%

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5. Stanford

Location: Stanford, CA

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 134

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 32%

4. University of Chicago (Booth)

Location: Chicago, IL

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 174

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 30%

Read more about Booth at TopMBA »

3. Columbia

Location: New York, NY

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 259

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 34%

2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 282

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 33%

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1. Harvard

Location: Boston, MA

Estimated number of 2017 graduates going into finance: 288

Estimated percent of 2017 graduating class going into finance: 31%

Read more about Harvard at TopMBA »

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The 25 best MBA programs for people who want to work on Wall Street

25. HEC Paris

24. HKUST

23. INSEAD

21 (tie). Unviersity of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)

21 (tie). MIT (Sloan)

20. CEIBS

18 (tie). IE Business School

18 (tie). Dartmouth (Tuck)

16 (tie). Northwestern (Kellogg)

16 (tie). IESE Business School

15. UCLA (Anderson)

14. Yale

13. University of Virginia (Darden)

12. Duke (Fuqua)

11. Cornell (Johnson)

10. Georgetown (McDonough)

9. Oxford (Said)

7 (tie). NYU (Stern)

7 (tie). London Business School

6. University of Toronto (Rotman)

5. Stanford

4. University of Chicago (Booth)

3. Columbia

2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

1. Harvard