Lafayette and peer schools like lehigh and bucknell are sneaky good in terms of wall street placement (i know lehigh is bigger and not a lac, but most see it as a peer for those seeking finance outcomes). You will encounter a wide range of opinions about these schools. For some reason, there is a great deal of vitriol and animosity directed at them on DCUM, but their alumni networks are real and consistently place graduates into Ivy-level roles every year. If you keep an open mind and grind with alumns you will have legit shot at top level roles.

Per popular website that compares schools with admissions and yield rate. For class of 2029 Lafayette accepted 31-32% of applicants. Of those accepted strudents only 21-22% enrolled 80% went elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:Regarding a high degree of faculty research in economics, two of the more relevant benefits may be exposure to the latest developments in the field and the enhancement of the students' own research skills under faculty mentorship. Both of these aspects could benefit a student potentially interested in an analyst position in the private sector.

If you want the latest developments in economics, go to Uchicago or Harvard, not a liberal arts college. Research done in economics is not directly analogous to being a junior analyst.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely Duke sorry you can’t get in.

The boosting is obscene. Duke is not even top 10 for IB recruitment.

Regarding a high degree of faculty research in economics, two of the more relevant benefits may be exposure to the latest developments in the field and the enhancement of the students' own research skills under faculty mentorship. Both of these aspects could benefit a student potentially interested in an analyst position in the private sector.

Absolutely Duke sorry you can’t get in.

Anonymous wrote:Duke, and top half of Ivies run Wall Street especially varsity athletes mainly lacrosse.

Duke? Absolutely not.

I heard Bucknell has a pipeline directly to Wall Street!!!

Anonymous wrote:Try as one might not worth $90k at Lafayette for what a low level Patriot School.

Spend $90k to go to Lafayette to avoid those who can't afford it and the morons who incorrectly think they are too good for it. That is worth the price of admission.

As usual, the low class losers who get their jollies out of ignorantly insulting schools and acting like they know it all derail a thread from someone who is genuinely looking for meaningful information. It is sad that this is how they spend their time.

Bottom line is that Lafayette is a very good school and kids are very employable. They will struggle to compete with Ivies with the truly top tier jobs but there are plenty of other great jobs out there and with a little hustle they should be able to find one. And spend their four years of college surrounded by bright, motivated but not cutthroat kids.

Ignore the trolls. Best of luck to your child.

Duke, and top half of Ivies run Wall Street especially varsity athletes mainly lacrosse.

Try as one might not worth $90k at Lafayette for what a low level Patriot School.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on faculty scholarship, Lafayette"s economics department places more highly than those of Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as W&L and Bowdoin:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/XGTNcKuouNC8p6aPp

Faculty publications do not equate with job placements. This list is meaningless.

I doubt it's a coincidence that prominent Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as Claremont McKenna, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury and Hamilton place highly in the analysis.

CMC, Middlebury and Hamilton are not feeder schools for Wall Street/IB. Stop with the boosting and get real.

What? CMC and Midd place higher than Amherst on wall street. You have to be trolling

Anonymous wrote:lol about Midd and Hamilton both seen better days refer to multiple threads on both schools. Not anywhere near Williams.

Well, they're not Holy Cross.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on faculty scholarship, Lafayette"s economics department places more highly than those of Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as W&L and Bowdoin:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/XGTNcKuouNC8p6aPp

Faculty publications do not equate with job placements. This list is meaningless.

I doubt it's a coincidence that prominent Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as Claremont McKenna, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury and Hamilton place highly in the analysis.

They have more students majoring in economics. CMC has a whole school and masters in economics. Hamilton doesn’t even place well in IB. This is just a list for faculty record.

Lafayette graduated more economics majors in recent year than, for example, Amherst:

College Navigator - Lafayette College https://share.google/gDYMi2I1iNgaAelhJ

College Navigator - Amherst College https://share.google/MAd1aZcM4CCi0fDmM