Investment banking out of University of California Santa Barbara?

I am planning on going to UCSB this fall and I was admitted with a Pre-Economics/Mathematics major. I want to end up working as an investment banker. Is it likely that a student from UCSB can land an investment banking job after college? Is it bad to go to UCSB if I want to do investment banking?

Go for a professional qualification like a CFA to boost your degree from UCSB. It's a great school but it's also a tough financial environment.

Two of my friends are in investment banking and employers are always looking for that little extra while hiring candidates.

Pick up internship opportunities whenever you can. Experience counts for a lot in this industry.

In this environment it is really hard to land an investment banking job. The industry is sort of in a low. I got a friend who just graduated from U Penn Wharton. and she is having trouble finding a job. honestly, i dont think UCSB is good enough to get a job at the big investment banks: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns(now Jp Morgan), Meryil Lynch(Now Bank of America). But it might be able to land you a job in a less known investment bank. except there are't that many left.... First Boston(gone)... Lehman Brothers(gone)... Drexel Burnham(gone).... you could try pipper jaffery or a bank that has an investmnet branch(excluding BA and JPM) such as Deutsche Bank or Nomura, or UBS.... Who knows. But i will investment banks tend to recruit from ivy leagues... the days of any college are over... Anyways ya i still think you got a shot 4 years from now after you graduate from UCSB

Great School. You're lucky to have been accepted. Good major. It'll get you wherever you want to go.