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The program has had a successful placement track record and many alumni are well-known for their success in the investment field. The alumni work in investment positions at at least 250 firms around the world, which comprises a network of business leaders with investment expertise rivaled by few.
Job offers for internships and full-time positions for the 2007-8 academic year include:
| Firm | Location |
| AIM Investments (2 positions) | Houston and Austin |
| American Century (2 positions) | Kansas City |
| Arbor Capital Management | Minneapolis |
| Associated Wealth Management | Green Bay |
| Black River Asset Management | Minneapolis |
| Citigroup | New York City |
| CUNA Mutual | Madison |
| CreditSights | New York City |
| Credit Suisse (3 positions) | NYC and Chicago |
| Diamond Hill | Columbus |
| Driehaus Capital Management | Chicago |
| Eminence Capital | New York City |
| Fiduciary Investment Management | Milwaukee |
| Heartland Advisors | Milwaukee |
| Leuthold Group | Minneapolis |
| LA Capital Management | Los Angeles |
| Mason Street (3 positions) | Milwaukee |
| Munder Capital | Birmingham |
| Nakoma Capital Management | Madison |
| Putnam Investments | Boston |
| Riversource | Minneapolis |
| Spot Trading | Chicago |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board (5 positions) | Madison |
| UBS Investment Research | New York City |
| Valuation Research | Milwaukee |
| Victory Capital Management (5 positions) | NYC and Cleveland |
| Voyageur Asset Management (4 positions) | Minneapolis |
| Wasatch Advisors | Salt Lake City |
| Wells Capital | Milwaukee |
Students also worked at ISI Group (2 positions), CUNA Mutual, Equity Volatility Trading, Slusser Associates, Nakoma Capital Management (2 positions), Patton Investments, 21st Century Equity Research, and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin during the 2007-8 school year.
Job offers for internships and full-time positions for the 2006-7 academic year include:
| Firm | Location |
| AIM Investments | Houston |
| Alta Capital Management | Salt Lake City |
| American Century | Kansas City |
| ASAP | Madison |
| Bank of America (2 positions) | Charlotte |
| Bear Stearns | New York City |
| Brandes Investment Partners | Milwaukee |
| California Public Employees' Retirement System* | Sacramento |
| Callahan Capital Partners | Chicago |
| Cascade Asset Management | Madison |
| Citigroup | New York City |
| CUNA Mutual (2 positions) | Madison |
| Credit Suisse | New York City |
| Eminence Capital | New York City |
| Fort Washington Investment Advisors | Cincinnati |
| Heartland Advisors (3 positions) | Milwaukee |
| Hillman Capital Management | Bethesda, MD |
| JP Morgan (2 positions) | New York City |
| LA Capital Management | Los Angeles |
| Lands' End (corporate strategy) | Chicago |
| Lazard Asset Management* | Minneapolis |
| Loomis, Sayles & Company | Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| MP Asset Management | Slovenia |
| Nakoma Capital Management | Madison |
| Putnam Investments | Boston |
| Riverbridge | Minneapolis |
| Robert W Baird | Milwaukee |
| Royal Bank of Canada* | Minneapolis |
| Sears (corporate strategy) | Chicago |
| Silverfern | New York City |
| Slusser Associates (2 positions) | New York City |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board (2 positions) | Madison |
| T. Rowe Price | Baltimore |
| UBS Investment Research (3 positions) | NYC and Chicago |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison |
| Victory Capital Management (5 positions) | NYC and Cleveland |
| Voyageur Asset Management | Minneapolis |
| Wachovia | Charlotte |
| Waddell & Reed, Inc. (4 positions) | Kansas City |
| Wasatch Advisors | Salt Lake City |
| Weitz Funds | Kansas City |
| Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | Madison |
* Indication of offer (not official) - option arose after student made decision.
Job offers for internships and full-time positions for the 2005-6 academic year include:
In addition to outside internships, some students remain in Madison over the summer months to manage the ASAP's various portfolios.
According to Morningstar data, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's graduate program ranked #6 in placement of investment professionals at Morningstar rated funds. This is evidence of the school's long and rich tradition of training investment managers.
| Graduate Degrees of Investment Professionals at Morningstar Ranked Funds | |||
| Rank | Count | Graduate Studies | Index |
| 1 | 1 | University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School | 100 |
| 2 | 2 | Harvard Business School | 46 |
| 3 | 3 | New York University - Stern School of Business | 45 |
| 4 | 4 | University of Chicago Graduate School of Business | 40 |
| 5 | 5 | Columbia Business School | 35 |
| 6 | 6 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 31 |
| 7 | 7 | University of California at Los Angeles - Anderson School of Business | 20 |
| 7 | 8 | Stanford Graduate School of Business | 20 |
| 9 | 9 | Northwestern University - Kellogg Graduate School of Business | 18 |
| 10 | 10 | University of Virginia - Darden School of Management | 17 |
| 11 | 11 | University of Southern California | 15 |
| 12 | 12 | University of Michigan School of Business | 12 |
| 12 | 13 | Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management | 12 |
| 12 | 14 | Indiana University | 12 |
| 15 | 15 | Dartmouth College - Amos Tuck School of Business | 11 |
| 15 | 16 | MIT Sloan School of Management | 11 |
| 15 | 17 | Oxford University | 11 |
| 18 | 18 | University of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business | 9 |
| 18 | 19 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9 |
| 18 | 20 | Duke University - Fuqua School | 9 |