ORFE.....How marketable is it?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>ORFE is an esteemed program at Princeton, but I would think that it would be obscure to some potential employers. If you major in civil engineering, everyone knows what that is, and they know the set of skills that you have. On the other hand, if you do something like ORFE, wouldn't you have trouble explaining to employers what it actually is, if they have no clue about it? I mean, yeah, they have faith in you as a Princeton grad, but that doesn't necessarily mean they know what ORFE consists of. There doesn't seem to be a clearly defined set of skills for ORFE majors. It's sort of a mix of financial engineering/economics/finance, from what I can glean.</p>

<p>Input welcome!</p>

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<p>this is all you need to know:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.orfe.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/Placement%202000-2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.orfe.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/Placement%202000-2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I think you might be confusing the general public with the employers who will be (hopefully!) hiring you. Sure, words like “operations research” and “financial engineering” don’t mean much to the average person, but financial services firms are very familiar with them since they use the subject matter (asset pricing, optimization, stochastics, etc.) so frequently. I’d say ORF is one of the most marketable majors at Princeton.</p>