Master's in Financial Engineering Program


Student Profile: MFE Class of 2006


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MFE Class of 2006
Students Applications Received: 208
Number of Admits: 81
Enrolled Students: 60
Women: 16%
Men: 84%
Countries Represented: 19
Average Age at Enrollment: 28
Average Years of Post-University Experience: 4
Undergraduate Institutions Represented: 47
Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.59
Graduate Institutions Represented: 29


Quantitative Scores in Percentiles*


  • Average Quant: 91%
  • 99: 9%
  • 97-98: 3.5%
  • 94-96: 33%
  • 90-93: 37%
  • Under 90: 17.5%

Degrees Held:


  • Bachelor's: 40%
  • Master's: 45%
  • Ph.D: 13%
  • J.D: 2%

Majors


  • Engineering: 23%
  • Mathematics: 25%
  • Economics: 15%
  • Finance: 7%
  • Natural Sciences: 12%
  • Computer Science: 8%
  • Business: 10%
  • Humanities: 0%

Location of Undergraduate Institutions


  • Domestic (21 students)
  • International (38 students)
    • Asia: 28
    • Europe: 9
    • Latin America: 0
    • Middle East: 0
    • Africa: 0
    • North America: 1
  • Breadown of Asia
    • PR China: 11
    • Taiwan: 5
    • Korea: 2
    • India: 7
    • Japan: 1
    • Other Asia: 2

Selected Prior Employment


  • Engineering: 7%
  • Marketing/Sales: 0%
  • Information Systems: 9%
  • General Management: 0%
  • Finance: 34%
  • Research & Development: 18%
  • Project Management: 7%
  • Consulting/Management Services: 16%
  • Planning: 0%
  • Other: 9%

*68% of students (17/25) who took the GRE earned a perfect score


 


Profile
Geoff MacDonald, MFE '06

Geoff MacDonald, MFE '06

"The MFE Program is everything I could have hoped for. It provides an ideal blend of theoretical foundations and practical applications. The classes start with the basics and quickly progress to the cutting-edge problems facing practitioners today"


MFE Internship:
Intern, Fixed Income Currency, Commodities - Sales Strategy Group
Goldman Sachs
New York


Current Position:
Associate, FICC Strategies America
Special Situations Group
Goldman Sachs
New York