Global Quantitative Finance Masters Program Rankings (North America - November 2003)

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These rankings are based on research conducted by Global Derivatives and reflects opinions, perspectives, market data and some degree of subjectivity which may not reflect what you would expect as top schools. We looked into the degree program, career prospects as well as faculty as part of our research. The reason for a ranking such as this is not to demote or promote any of the schools, but to form a guideline for prospective students in the field instead of focusing on the MBA program surveys which can be found in most major newspapers and publications once a year.

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The following rankings are based upon total scores. We set the base score at 75 - which can be reduced if and when there is any negative critique for any program.

Masters in Finance / Quantitative Finance / Financial Engineering Rankings 2003-04
*Finance programs without a focus on quantitative analysis have not been considered.

DETAILED REVIEWS OF ALL PROGRAMS WILL APPEAR IN DUE COURSE

Updated January 23, 2004 with 683 surveys recorded

Faculty Rating: Based on the number of faculty possessing an "international reputation" within the field of finance
* Program Rating based on applicability of courses available to industry, diversity of courses, depth of courses and overall facilities and teaching.
** Cost of Program based on data taken from university websites. Where data was unavailable, the field has been left blank
*** This is only available to existing MIT students
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