Placement Statistics - 2019

2019 Placement Statistics for Master in Financial Engineering Students

Highlights:

  • Out of 50 students who graduated in Fall 2019 and are actively seeking employment, 100% have received offers
  • Most popular career tracks include Quantitative Modeling/Research (42%), followed by Risk Management and Data Science/FinTech
  • 64% of graduates have full-time jobs located in New York City

 

CFEM 2019 Full-Time Employment Placement

Employment by Role
Sell-Side42%
Buy-Side (Hedge Fund and Non-Hedge Fund)40%
Financial Software/Fintech10%
Other (Rating Agency, Consultancy/Advisory, etc.)8%

 

Employment by Financial Markets
All Markets42%
Fixed Income20%
Global Assets/Multi-Assets16%
Equities12%
Other (Corporate Credit, Commodities, FX, etc.)10%

 

Employment by Title
Analyst74%
Associate18%
Researcher4%
AVP2%
Consultant2%

 

Employment by Business Function
Quantitative Modeling/Research42%
Risk Management20%
Data Science/Technology, etc.14%
Trading (Traditional & Quantitative)12%
Asset Management8%
Other (Investment Banking, Rating Agency, etc.)4%

 

Geographic Location
New York64%
      Other U.S.18%
Asia18%