In terms of prestige, which of these unis are best for a Masters?

What you gonna do at kpmg with msc in politics? :O including lse's msc

I definitely did not mean that!

I meant to get a higher paid job, not to get extra money lol.

It's the same thing, the degree won't make any difference, they are all the same as far as salary goes. The salary increases are dependent on your skill in the job, not the university named on your degree certificate.

It's the same thing, the degree won't make any difference, they are all the same as far as salary goes. The salary increases are dependent on your skill in the job, not the university named on your degree certificate.

I don't think you understand what I'm saying at all.

You need to get the job before you can get the salary - I'm not talking about a pay rise! It's pretty simple - which course/university would be best for getting a good job. In other words, which course/uni is most respected/prestigious.

No, you aren't understanding. Employers (of which I am one) do not differentiate between degree X at University A and degree Y at University B, within the group of degrees and subjects you have offered. At the filter between application and interview, your degree and subject will have some influence on your likelihood of getting to interview, but again, depending on what the rest of the CV shows in terms of skills and experience, and of the the options you have suggested could be equal or better than each other.

Once at interview, employers do not go back to the CV to make decisions, ie they don't say Candidates P and Q were very similar at interview, but P did his Masters at university A and Q did hers at university B, so let's pick B. It is a much more holistic decision than that and it is far more based on soft skills.

Then starting salaries are almost always fixed for graduates, and after your first job, your second job will depend largely on the skills you have demonstrated in your first job, not where your degree comes from.

Yes, there are certainly differences in degree based on university and subject. But the difference is one of numerate subject and top 10 uni, versus vocational subject at a uni ranked 50 or below. Maths or Economics at Oxbridge, LSE, Warwick, UCL, ICL etc are sufficiently similar, that your soft skills far outweigh the specifics. This is especially the case in consulting where soft skills are absolutely vital, as well as the strong academic background. That's how/why the McKinseyite on here has a degree from Nottingham (iirc) - his degree was a strong, numerate one, but his soft skills were superb and outweighed the higher prestige of Economics at Cambridge or IR at LSE.

It's the same thing, the degree won't make any difference, they are all the same as far as salary goes. The salary increases are dependent on your skill in the job, not the university named on your degree certificate.

This is at least partially wrong. The name on your degree will open or close certain doors. It is next to impossible to get into, say, IB with a no name degree without connections. Once you are in, however, the degree no longer really matters and after a few years of experience it won't matter at all.

a) the OP specified Consulting as a career route
b) the OP specified a specific range of degree subjects and universities
c) the OP specified salary wrt to degree and university, not career opportunities

No, you aren't understanding. Employers..do not differentiate between degree X at University A and degree Y at University B, within the group of degrees and subjects you have offered. At the filter between application and interview, your degree and subject will have some influence on your likelihood of getting to interview, but again, depending on what the rest of the CV shows in terms of skills and experience, and of the the options you have suggested could be equal or better than each other.

Once you are in, however, the degree no longer really matters and after a few years of experience it won't matter at all.

Almost all the posts on this forum are seeking information about relative rankings of universities.

Almost all the posts on this forum are from people who haven't worked in a professional environment and haven't had responsibility for hiring. The fact that people ask the question doesn't mean the question is valid.

Employers do not, by and large, including the likes of MBB, discriminate between Oxford, Cambridge, LES, ICL, UCL, Warwick etc because the soft skills of the applicants are always more important than any very slight differences in the aggregated 'quality' of the university or the degree. Most degrees allow people to choose modules; most employers don't ask for or see module details (they shouldn't be on a CV), they know no single degree is the same as any single other. A Warwick candidate cane easily out perform an Oxford candidate at interview and get the first offer.

Sure there is a hierarchy, but it is not a harsh step between university and course. There are collections of very similar universities and degrees, and of which employers will see as more or less the same at interview, and allow soft skills/test scores etc to even up the field.

I know it's shallow, but remuneration is very important to me.

As it is to many people, albeit it seems taboo to say you are chasing money lol

There are lots of threads on TSR about people making financially motivated choices, though, so it can't be that taboo.

I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with having that as your main motivation, but when people insist on trying to sniff out the most minute of differences (i.e. whether there is a chance that doing Degree A will result in them earning £500 more per year than doing Degree B), it starts to get slightly ridiculous.

Has anyone ever chosen a degree simply because it is likely to result in being £500 better of per year:|?