<p>So I know that this major is pretty unique to Stanford (though other universities have similar ones). What kind of job prospects/grad school comes after this degree?</p>
<p>Data and statistics would be awesome...</p>
<p>bumpppppp yay</p>
<p>I don’t have stats but can give you a general overview of what friends graduating with this major have done. Quite a few have done a co-term in MS&E. Other than that, private sector jobs in the consulting/tech industries seem pretty common. I-banking less so but some go this direction. Their always seem to be “hot jobs” for business oriented grads. A few years back it was Google, then McKinsey, then JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. IDK what it is this year given the financial crisis.<br>
Because of the entrepreneurship concentration offered in MS&E, grads may also work at or start start-ups. Doing so is very easy given the close relationship between the pre-business community on campus and the VC’s nearby.
Try this link for a sampling of ms&e alumni jobs: [url=<a href=“http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/majors/firststeps/]Career”>http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/majors/firststeps/]Career</a> Development Center | Student Services<a href=“select%20MS&E%20and%20submit”>/url</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the awesome post! I’ve heard some people suggest majoring in a hard engineering field (like electrical engineering or computer science) works better if I want to get into something like consunlting/i-banking… is that true? or is MS&E a good major?</p>
<p>Alex, the real issue in consulting, i-banking and various other fields is whether you have demonstrated ability in quantitative analysis. That can be demonstrated through numerous courses of study that demand significant math coursework. Most hard-engineering degrees require mathematical rigor, so those would be good; so would majors in either pure math or applied/computational math, among others.</p>