Where Columbia MBAs Work & What They Do by: John A. Byrne on December 03, 2012 | 3,423 Views December 3, 2012 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Where do Columbia Business School MBAs work and in what industries? With its wealth of membership data, LinkedIn is now providing a glimpse into this answer. Of course, not all Columbia MBAs are registered with the professional networking site so it’s an obviously incomplete list. Even so, the data provides an interesting window into the most likely employers of Columbia MBAs as well as the most likely industries that attract its graduates. Source: LinkedIn membership data Of all the elite MBA schools, Columbia stands alone in one regard when it comes to employment. More of its alumni are employed by Citicorp than any other school and, more importantly perhaps, Columbia is the only top school whose No. 1 employer is not McKinsey & Co., the powerhouse consulting firm. McKinsey does come in second, behind Citicorp, and just ahead of Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, American Express, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, and Merrill Lynch. You can’t help but notice the predominance of financial service firms which employ vast numbers of CBS alums who are members of LinkedIn. Indeed, no other top school–not Wharton or Chicago–have as many of their top employers on the finance side. After McKinsey, the next consulting firm that appears as a major employer is the Boston Consulting Group which is 13th on the list with 130 Columbia Business School grads. Because the data is apparently drawn from a search-like function by LinkedIn, there are a few oddities about how it is reported. LinkedIn, for example, lists J.P. Morgan and J.P. Morgan Chase, the current name of the investment bank after its acquisition of Chase Manhattan Bank, as two separate organizations. Of course, finance is the number one industry, with an overwhelming 3,610 CBS alums. Consulting is next with less than half the number of Columbia MBAs as finance at 1,575. Business development follows, while entrepreneurship is next with 1,452 LinkedIn members who claim they have a Columbia MBA. Columbia Business School MBAs: Where They Work & What They Do Company LinkedIn Members Industry LinkedIn Members Citicorp 308 Finance 3,610 McKinsey 265 Consulting 1,575 Goldman Sachs 263 Business Development 1,532 J.P. Morgan 228 Entrepreneur 1,452 American Express 198 Marketing 1,289 Morgan Stanley 184 Administrative 915 Credit Suisse 173 Sales 914 Deutsche Bank 172 Operations 765 Merrill Lynch 161 Information Technology 509 Deloitte 157 Product 482 IBM 152 Creative 440 JPMorgan Chase 138 Human Resources 369 Boston Consulting Group 130 Public Relations 351 Ernst & Young 128 Engineering 333 Barclays Capital 111 Accounting 220 Columbia Univ. 109 Support 190 Pwc 97 Medical 184 Pfizer 81 Legal 179 UBS 81 Real Estate 115 Bain & Co. 79 Buyer 72 Google 76 Facebook 25 Booz & Co. 75 Microsoft 70 Source: December 2012 LinkedIn membership data Related Stories: Where Harvard MBAs Work & What They Do Where Stanford MBAs Work & What They Do Where Wharton MBAs Work & What They Do Where Chicago Booth MBAs Work & What They Do Where Kellogg MBAs Work & What They Do