COMPARE UCB MFE vs Carnegie Mellon University MSCF vs MIT MFin

Rank
Program
Total Score
Peer Score
Employed at Graduation (%)
Employed at 3 months (%)
Base salary
Cohort Size
Acceptance Rate (%)
Tuition
Rank
3
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2025
Carnegie Mellon University New York, NY 10005 | Pittsburgh, PA 15213
4.70 star(s) 54 reviews
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3
2025
Carnegie Mellon University
93
4.2
89
99
136.5K
101
16.8
100.6K
Rank
4
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2025
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720
4.14 star(s) 42 reviews
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4
2025
University of California, Berkeley
88
3.6
79
92
153.1K
86
17.96
82.90K
Rank
5
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2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139
3.77 star(s) 26 reviews
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5
2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
86
3
76
97
135.8K
118
8.73
125.4K
Joined
1/22/16
Messages
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Points
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The reason of doing this comparison (hopefully) is to help MFE candidates like me to be a bit more informative about their MFE program decisions.

These three schools are chosen simply because their information is relatively more public and easier to compare. Definitely, the metrics I have chosen could be biased, (or even inconsistent, due to availability of information) and I appreicate others' discussion/suggestions on the factors are important when considering an MFE program. Note that information is based the latest data as of 2016.1.13.

Attached is the table.
Not sure if QuantNet supports table in a post :(

%Placement of MIT and CMU could be under-estimated.
Average working experience for MIT includes internship experience.
 

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The reason of doing this comparison (hopefully) is to help MFE candidates like me to be a bit more informative about their MFE program decisions.

These three schools are chosen simply because their information is relatively more public and easier to compare. Definitely, the metrics I have chosen could be biased, (or even inconsistent, due to availability of information) and I appreicate others' discussion/suggestions on the factors are important when considering an MFE program. Note that information is based the latest data as of 2016.1.13.

Attached is the table.
Not sure if QuantNet supports table in a post :(

%Placement of MIT and CMU could be under-estimated.
Average working experience for MIT includes internship experience.

Where did you get the % placement data? looks wrong. Or at least it is not close to what is reported on CMU website.
 
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