U. Penn, Harvard, Columbia Top U.S. Schools for Placing Professionals in Asset Management Says New Report; Almost 14% of Key Professionals Have Not Experienced a Fed Rate Hike
ATLANTA, Sept. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- For students considering careers in asset management, college and university officials seeking to market their institutions, asset management firms looking for new recruits or anyone with an interest in the top schools feeding talent into the asset management industry, the just-released 2015 eVestment Education Report is a must-read.
Asset managers around the globe provide a variety of data to eVestment, a leading global investment data analytics firm, including the educational backgrounds and industry tenure of firms' key professionals. eVestment's new report based on that data offers a look at the top United States schools supplying talent to the asset management industry overall, with additional rankings of key U.S. markets, firm roles, specific investment segments, year of graduation and more. The report even looks at how famous rival colleges like Harvard vs. Yale and Boston College vs. Boston University stack up against each other in placing top talent at asset management firms.
The report also notes interesting facts about employment trends at asset management firms, including that 13.9% of key professionals at asset management firms have not worked in the industry long enough to see a Fed rate hike.
The full report ranks 75 national universities and 15 liberal arts colleges in the United States. Overall, the top 20 U.S. schools, ranked by total number of alumni working as key professionals at asset management firms, are:
| 1. University of Pennsylvania |
11. University of California - Berkeley |
| 2. Harvard University |
12. University of Virginia |
| 3. Columbia University |
13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 4. University of Chicago |
14. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor |
| 5. New York University |
15. Yale University |
| 6. Stanford University |
16. Boston University |
| 7. Northwestern University |
17. Duke University |
| 8. Cornell University |
18. Dartmouth College |
| 9. University of California – Los Angeles |
19. Princeton University |
| 10. Boston College |
20. University of Southern California |
When scaled for overall school size, the top 20 national list changes slightly:
| 1. University of Chicago |
11. Brown University |
| 2. Dartmouth College |
12. University of Notre Dame |
| 3. University of Pennsylvania |
13. California Institute of Technology |
| 4. Princeton University |
14. Lehigh University |
| 5. Harvard University |
15. Northwestern University |
| 6. Boston College |
16. Duke University |
| 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
17. New York University |
| 8. Stanford University |
18. Cornell University |
| 9. Yale University |
19. University of Virginia |
| 10. Columbia University |
20. Georgetown University |
The top 20 public universities providing talent to the asset management industry are:
| 1. University of California – Los Angeles |
11. University of Maryland – College Park |
| 2. University of California - Berkeley |
12. Ohio State University - Columbus |
| 3. University of Virginia |
13. University of Texas - Austin |
| 4. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor |
14. University of Washington |
| 5. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign |
15. University of Iowa |
| 6. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities |
16. University of Connecticut |
| 7. Penn State University – University Park |
17. University of Pittsburgh |
| 8. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
18. University of Florida |
| 9. University of Wisconsin - Madison |
19. College of William & Mary |
| 10. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
20. University of California – Santa Barbara |
Some other interesting points from the report include:
- The average asset management professional has 19.3 years of relevant work experience;
- About 40% of key professionals in the asset management industry hold a bachelor's degree as their highest educational degree;
- About 39% of key professionals in the industry hold an MBA and about 22% have a PhD or other advanced degree.
The report offers a variety of additional data, including top schools by product strategy; top Ivy League, public university and liberal arts schools; and top schools by position within asset management firms. Each school noted in the report has their own detailed pages, highlighting information specific to each school.
To download a full version of the report, please click here or use this link https://www.evestment.com/resources/research-reports/2015-research-reports/the-2015-education-report/.
About eVestment
eVestment provides a flexible suite of easy-to-use, cloud-based solutions to help the institutional investing community identify and capitalize on global investment trends, better select and monitor investment managers and more successfully enable asset managers to market their funds worldwide. eVestment's mission is to help make smart money smarter.
SOURCE eVestment
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