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Stein: 80% of his Harvard graduating class entered finance

John Stein · 670: Betterment Vs. Vanguard, Betterment Passes 200,000 Investors, $8B in AUM with CEO Jon Stein · May 25, 2017 · at 3:57

Betterment founder and CEO Jon Stein describes career choices among his Harvard classmates upon graduating in the early 2000s.

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“80% of the graduating class from Harvard went into finance of some sort.”

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The claim, plainly

80% of Jon Stein's graduating class from Harvard entered the finance industry.

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Assessment

Jon Stein graduated from Harvard University with the Class of 2001. Historical career data from Harvard University's Office of Career Services (OCS), The Harvard Crimson senior surveys, and longitudinal academic studies (e.g., Goldin & Katz) consistently show that the proportion of Harvard undergraduate seniors entering the finance industry has historically ranged between 12% and 25% of employed graduates. Even when combining finance with management consulting at its historical pre-2008 peak (Class of 2007), the share was approximately 47%. The claim of 80% is vastly higher than documented records.

Jon Stein earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard University in 2001.
Data compiled by Harvard's Office of Career Services and The Harvard Crimson shows that the percentage of Harvard seniors entering finance alone consistently ranged from 12% to 25%.
Even combined with consulting at its pre-2008 peak, the share entering finance and consulting reached 47% (Class of 2007), far short of 80%.

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[1] forbes.com [2] wikipedia.org [3] betterment.com [4] harvardmagazine.com [5] qz.com [6] harvard.edu [7] harvardmagazine.com [8] aboluowang.com

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