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The Value of a PhD and MFE Degree
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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Wagner" data-source="post: 135845" data-attributes="member: 25130"><p>Thanks for your reply, you pose some good questions. A PhD in statistics is *very* marketable, especially with the current focus on data.</p><p></p><p>Does it matter where you get your PhD - certain schools catch the reader's eye, but when you meet with a lot of very smart people and they probe what you know, I don't think the school is at all important. Princeton may get you an interview that Rutgers wouldn't, but it won't get you the job in the end.</p><p></p><p>Agree wholeheartedly that there are a lot of MFE students in the job market, and a PhD does differentiate you. However, I stick by my premise that it's not the PhD itself that gets you the top job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Wagner, post: 135845, member: 25130"] Thanks for your reply, you pose some good questions. A PhD in statistics is *very* marketable, especially with the current focus on data. Does it matter where you get your PhD - certain schools catch the reader's eye, but when you meet with a lot of very smart people and they probe what you know, I don't think the school is at all important. Princeton may get you an interview that Rutgers wouldn't, but it won't get you the job in the end. Agree wholeheartedly that there are a lot of MFE students in the job market, and a PhD does differentiate you. However, I stick by my premise that it's not the PhD itself that gets you the top job. [/QUOTE]
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