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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Investment Banking Placement

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the oldest public university in the U.S. and has built a great reputation for both academics and athletics. UNC is regarded as a very well-rounded school, with highly ranked programs across several faculties.

UNC also has respectable placement into investment banking and finance. UNC ranks #30 on our investment banking target school list and we recognize it as a semi-target.

UNC is home to the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, a highly-ranked business school that offers both undergraduate and graduate classes.

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UNC ranks #26 by Total Hires and #37 by Undergrad % Placement, suggesting that it is a well-rounded school for investment banking placement.


We note that UNC sends the vast majority (95%) of its investment banking hires into Bulge Bracket firms, with the largest proportion going to Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.


Accordingly, UNC has one of the lowest Elite Boutique %s on our target school list, sending just 5% to these independent advisors. UNC has no presence at many of the elite boutiques.

UNC Placement Data

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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Investment Banking Placement

  • Weighted Rank: #30

  • Ranking by Total Hires: #26

  • Category: Semi-Target School

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School Factsheet

  • Established: 1789

  • Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  • Business School Name: Kenan-Flagler

  • # of Undergrads: 19,897 per U.S. News

  • # of Business School Undergrads: 1,200

  • Median Starting Salary (2022): $49k

  • President: Peter Hans

  • U.S. News Global Rank (2022-2023): #41

  • QS World University Rankings: #132

  • Financial Times MBA Rank: #35


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