<p>I would say that top IB recruitment at the CoE is pretty light, it may be different for Ross. As part of the FE program, you have access to the Ross BSchool jobs site as well. I don’t know if top IB recruit at Ross.</p>
<p>You may want to read this short review on the FE program at U-M. [Review</a> of University of Michigan’s Financial Engineering (MFE) program | Quant Network](<a href=“http://www.quantnet.com/review-michigan-mfe-program]Review”>http://www.quantnet.com/review-michigan-mfe-program)</p>
<p>There are a lot of good resources on that site. It has some pretty good information about FE in general, and the various programs in the country. I used it a lot back when I was considering FE (I decided against following it, btw). The general consensus I got is that firms tend to hire from the region they’re located in. For example, firms in Chicago would hire from UChicago, U-M, etc; firms from New York would hire from Columbia/Princeton(do they have FE?)/etc.</p>
<p>Do you really need to be living in NYC and working for the “best” in the business to be fulfilled in your career? That’s an important question to ask. If the answer is yes, you may want to look at east coast programs.</p>
<p>That being said, I would believe that if you are really a standout, you can go anywhere you want.</p>
<p>For further information, here’s a job-site for quant jobs: [QuantFinanceJobs.com</a> - Quick Search](<a href=“http://www.quantfinancejobs.com/jobs/default.asp?dbid=&guid=]QuantFinanceJobs.com”>http://www.quantfinancejobs.com/jobs/default.asp?dbid=&guid=) You can look at jobs by city (New York/Chicago/London/Signapore/etc). It looks like New York does pay more (but then you’re also living in New York, and I’m sure not the cheaper parts). </p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>