Masters in Finance

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Is a MS in finance worth it? Will it improve your job prospects or is it pretty much a waste of time, and one should just wait an get the MBA?</p>

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<p>Princeton's Master in Finance is pretty good... <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ebcf/master.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ebcf/master.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Check out their placement record...
<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ebcf/mfaqapply.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ebcf/mfaqapply.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>you could probably consider MS/MBA options if you want to be a double threat.</p>

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<p>Is there any programs that don't have a lot of math requirement. WUSTL and Tepper both require Diff Eq, Calc I-III, Linear Algebra etc. I'd have to do a hell of a lot to satisfy all those req. I've only taking Business Calculus. I'd have entirely to much math to take, thats engineering type math.</p>

<p>EDIT: So does Princeton. All these programs are designed for people who have engineering backgrounds.</p>

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<p>LoL a masters in finance without math. Graduate level economics and math are highly math intensive. If you can't handle the math it would be hard to get those degrees.</p>

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<p>Why isn't there that much math at the MBA level? Is it because an MBA is more rounded and not only finance focused?</p>

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<p>An MBA is essentially a management degree than a finance degree. MBAs for the most part do not populate the derivatives or other strong quantitative desks (even if they go they probably have some sort of a quantitative background). Most MBAs head off to management consulting, IBD, or other management positions in various corporations.</p>