I am 28 and working as an Investment associate in corporate credit and cover multiple sectors and industries such as Industrials with a focus in Aerospace & Defense and Transportation. I’ve a bachelors in Economics and a masters in Finance and started working full time 2.5 years ago.

I want to climb the ladder in high finance and at some point go into either Private equity or Securitised side such as Mortgage backed Securities or even maybe Investment Banking. Would it be more helpful for me to go get a P.hD or would it make more sense to get an MBA. Also since I didn’t attend a target school would it make more sense to get my MBA from an IVY league school or it wouldn’t be that big of a deal.