The full 2025 QuantNet MFE ranking is released here
For comparison, the 2024 QuantNet MFE ranking is here.
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This guy knows what's up.By @MRoss
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They’re just saying it’s not 265k return for 125k investment. Its a 125k investment for a start of a career so they’re evaluating the return as pay over entire careerSorry, what?
I really think career service is overrated. I would pick brand name >> career service anytime. However, the truth is Columbia MFE barely has any brand name either.By @MRoss
Mark Ross on LinkedIn: WARNING: Anti-College Rant INCOMING... 😤 Columbia Universities Master's… | 19 comments
WARNING: Anti-College Rant INCOMING... 😤 Columbia Universities Master's in Financial Engineering program ranked #6 on QuantNet's list this year. TBH, without… | 19 comments on LinkedInwww.linkedin.com
This may work for domestic students who have advantages in languages, visa, cultural awareness, etc. For international students, they can barely survive with a lot of help. When career services is a bare minimum, $100K for a degree is a very hard sell.I really think career service is overrated. I would pick brand name >> career service anytime.
Can you elaborate? I think many prospective students are banking on the Columbia MFE name to open doors for them.However, the truth is Columbia MFE barely has any brand name either.
Uchicago is pretty cheap with their good scholarships, but the range of outcomes is much wider.What other schools do you think have a better ROI? Maybe Baruch? To me it seems like only Baruch offers a better ROI.
Sorry to hear that. It appears to be a widespread concern with Columbia MFE. A quick search on LinkedIn will show many, many of the recent December 2023 graduates still without a job. Anyone is welcome to contact them and verify this.Appears to unfortunately be a fairly accurate and consistent post with nearly all information regarding the program. Truly is only hanging on by the schools reputation, it really is a shame that career services could care less whether the students are employed. I do wonder if that 100% employment after 3 months is somehow inflated, it seems suspicious.
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good question. total chicken and the egg situation. Is Princeton driving the salaries? Or is it that their students are top applicants regardless of their graduate school.A quick look at Princeton's student directory tells that all candidates had work experience in quant domain ( either internship or full-time) Pick any resume from their resume book and you can validate this.
I am talking top firms in the likes of optiver, IMC, Goldman etc. (esp class of 2026, so its getting more competitive than ever ). What even is the purpose of a masters program if it exclusively picks students who are already excelling in the area of that program. Regardless of how good or bad you teach the outcome of that program is going to be exceptional. The candidates already had the skills to secure quant roles without that program. So this is basically get into US scheme for already exceptional students. How does one evaluate such programs then?