<p>Wharton
MIT Sloan
Chicago
Columbia
H/S (just because they are H/S)</p>
<p>Any other thoughts? (Chicago could easily be #2)</p>
<p>Top 5 to learn finance or to get jobs in finance? And what type of jobs? Very different questions.</p>
<p>If you know you want to get a job in finance, and can handle the requirements, one of the elite master’s programs in financial engineering or computational finance is probably a better path.</p>
<p>great question hmom, I suppose to get a job.</p>
<p>no specific type of job, just overall reputation in the field…</p>
<p>storch, you’re ranking is off my friend. </p>
<p>1.) wharton
2.) chicago (arguably the best in some circles, particularly IM)
3.) cbs/nyu
5.) the rest of the best (stanford, kellogg, hbs, tuck, haas)</p>
<p>while this is strictly from a finance perspective, given that MBA’s are generalist programs, the overall ranking is far more important. I would not choose cbs over kellogg or wharton for instance.</p>
<p>I can handle Chicago over sloan; but nyu over Sloan or tuck reads as absurdity to me. The schools aren’t even in the same category.</p>
<p>sloan has a strong finance department but its best known for supply chain and ops. nyu/cbs have stronger finance departments. check out the usnews finance rankings if you want to get a better sense of what i’m talking about. </p>
<p>i forgot to mention that sloan should be fifth with that smattering of other schools such as gsb and kellogg.</p>
<p>Im well aware of the USNEWS rankings, if we were to fully follow them then one would have to put BC and Ohio State over Tuck and Yale SOM in this category. We can’t really take that too seriously. </p>
<p>As I said previously, this is to get a job in finance, Sloanies and Tuck grads are going to have better opportunities than people from NYU, the student body are brand is wayy stronger.</p>
<p>Move Tuck up in your rankings… or put them in at all. They deserve to be in the 5.</p>
<p>^ LOL</p>
<p>10char</p>
<p>who would you propose that tuck might push out…</p>
<p>If you think you’re a quant guy, why won’t you take up financial engineering instead?</p>
<p>Berkeley-Haas is number 1 for FE - their placement looks even better than MBA’s. [Employment</a> & Internship Report (2008-2009) - Master’s in Financial Engineering Program - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://mfe.haas.berkeley.edu/employment_reports.html]Employment”>http://mfe.haas.berkeley.edu/employment_reports.html)</p>
<p>Princeton must be up there right next to Haas.</p>
<p>Haas’ MFE is indeed very good, Princeton is generally considered the best in this arena however. MIT is looking to make its MFin the “best in class” as well - although its only in its first year and is somewhat more general in focus.</p>
<p>^ I’m intrigued by what you have just said about Princeton’s Finance which is better than Berkeley’s. Can you show me a ranking (or anything of that sort) that would support your claim? I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m just curious about this particular topic as I keep hearing from good sources that Berkeley’s FE is the best there is.</p>
<p>There is no credible ranking for programs of this sort. </p>
<p>I don’t want to give away too much about my background here, but lets just say that I attend a competitor that has cross apps with the two programs. I know several people who got into Haas MFE and didn’t go. I don’t know of any that got into Princeton that didn’t go.</p>
<p>Regarding placement, the two are nearly identical, starting pay around 140k and near 100% placement rates. However, with a 4% acceptance rate I believe Princeton is the hardest program to get into. Both have many (if not mostly) PhD quality students.</p>
<p>interestingly the Haas acceptance rate has been quite high, ranging from 23-39% between 02 and 07:</p>
<p>[Acceptance</a> Rates - QuantNetwork - Financial Engineering Forum](<a href=“http://www.quantnet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2600]Acceptance”>http://www.quantnet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2600)</p>
<p>They don’t seem to disclose it anymore. Buttt, this should be taken with a grain of salt as I know their applicant pool is somewhat self selecting, and even with a 30% acceptance rate the student body is generally outstanding (usually 100% find good to great jobs).</p>
<p>Job-wise and the likelihood of opening more doors for career prospects, is an MFE better to pursue or the MBA? Any circumstances that depend on a certain field? Thanks.</p>
<p>Btw, I have another question. For political science majors, obviously, we know that they lack the necessary financial/math background to pursue the MFE. My question then, is, since these students never took the necessary classes in undergrad, how can one do so for the Master’s Program and be likely to gain admission? Would one have to create an alternative transcript filled with math/finance courses to show the interest/desire, and if so, at what kind of school? Would community colleges work for this? Thanks, I hope someone can help out in this area.</p>