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Brown University
Brown University is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the U.S. and is a member of the Ivy League.
Brown is highly regarded for its small class sizes, academic rigor, and focus on developing critical thinking. Brown ranks #25 on our investment banking target school list. We classify Brown as a semi-target school.
Similar to Princeton, Brown does not have an undergraduate business school. While Brown offers graduate business education programs, there is no dedicated business degree for undergraduates. Business students at Brown often choose a major in economics, statistics or engineering.
Brown may not have the largest alumni base in finance, but its students who want to choose finance often have access to the very best firms.
Brown has a very strong number of "Elite Firm Hires", with over half of their investment banking placements being at the Top 5 investment banks. Furthermore, Brown has a disproportionate amount of hires into Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which are widely considered the top 2 investment banks.
Brown's traditional pedigree and prestige is particularly obvious during buyside recruiting. Brown performs significantly better in private equity recruiting relative to many investment banking target schools.
Brown's position as an Ivy league and its recognition as a top U.S. school ensures that its students will have a strong chance of breaking into finance. However, the school is held back by its relatively small size and a smaller amount of finance alumni when compared to other Ivy league schools.
Our investment banking target school list is a complete rank of 60 schools and analyzed >60k LinkedIn profiles of professionals who worked in investment banking between 2008 and 2023. We filtered the data to examine U.S. hires into the top investment banks.
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School Factsheet
Established: 1764
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Business School Name: Brown
# of Undergrads: 7,349 per U.S. News
# of Business School Undergrads: 0
Median Starting Salary (2022): $64k
President: Christina H. Paxson
U.S. News Global Rank (2022-2023): #129
QS World University Rankings: #73
Financial Times MBA Rank: N/A