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Baruch MFE Baruch MFE December 2019 Full-Time placement

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The December 2019 Baruch MFE cohort set a new standard of success: with a placement rate of 93% at graduation, the median starting salary increased to $125K from $110K and the median first year guaranteed compensation increased to $145K from $128K. Equally impressive, the minimum guaranteed compensation increased to $110K from $95K and 50% of our graduates were hired by buy-side firms, an all-time high; details below.

Moreover, 23 of 29 current students already accepted summer internship offers.
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As of December 20, 2019, 26 of 28 December 2019 Baruch MFE graduates seeking employment in the financial industry accepted full-time employment offers.

First Year Base Salary and Sign-on Bonus
December 19 Median: 145K; Average: 151K; High: 235K; Low: 110K

Dec18-May19 Median: 128K; Average: 130K; High: 195K; Low: 95K
Dec17-May18 Median: 126K; Average: 128K; High: 190K; Low: 87K

First Year Base Salary
December 19 Median: 125K; Average: 123K; High: 160K; Low: 100K

Dec18-May19 Median: 110K; Average: 111K; High: 155K; Low: 90K
Dec17-May18 Median: 115K; Average: 109K; High: 145K; Low: 87K

Employers (by type):
Hedge Funds / Prop Trading / Asset Management 50%
Investment Banks 38%
FinTech /Tech 12%

Employers (some with multiple hires; selected): AQR, BAML, Barclays, Beacon, BlackRock, Citadel, Credit Suisse, Cubist, Goldman Sachs, IMC Trading, Millennium, Morgan Stanley, Point72, Quantitative Brokers, quantPORT, SCT Capital, Societe Generale, Squarepoint

Location: New York 88%; US (other) 12%
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