MS in Finance. Is it worth doing?

College Search & Selection
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<p>ello everyone!</p>

<p>I am facing the biggest dilemma. I am from India with a MBA(Finance) and 3 years of work experience. I was working as an Insurance underwriter with an Indian company. I am in USA for the past 1.5 year on H4 visa (This is a dependent visa and prohibits the person from working in US) </p>

<p>I have been thinking of pursuing Masters of Science in finance. My biggest concern is whether I will be able to secure a job after completion. Will it be a value for all the amount I would be spending? I believe that the Ivy league colleges would be rather difficult to get into, so which are the tier II colleges that I should target. I am currently based in California, so if I have to find out about placement record of a particular university, where I cannot go in person, which is the best way to find out about that? How can I get in touch with students who are currently enrolled there? Since I am an international student, would that jeopardize my job prospects </p>

<p>I am not interested in Investment banking. I am more interested in Corporate finance and would like to have some guidance about the opportunities available in this stream.</p>

<p>I would really appreciate if anybody can help me out.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Nami, so what do you think that Investment Bankers do?</p>

<p>They do:</p>

<p>Corporate Finance</p>

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<p>Hey John,</p>

<p>From that I meant , I am not interested in typically dealing in Derivatives, equity etc. I would be more interested in the job of a Treasury Manager or Credit Manager. But I am confused whether to pursue MSF or MAcc for this. Please advise.</p>

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<p>You have an MBA, I don’t see a MS Finance adding any value. How about accounting?</p>

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<p>Actually thats what is confusing me. How is it typically like doing a Master of Science in Accounting? Which university would be good and what could be the job prospects?</p>

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<p>If IBs had stuck to just doing that (corp fin) we would not be in this recession.</p>

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<p>Any more insights and thoughts on this?</p>