美国佬开始比较msf的项目了，local discussion，学校：rochester，Tulane, mit

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Well, in 2008 Rochester and Tulane WERE ranked in the Top 10 worldwide by Financial times so it's safe to say it's not just MY opinion. I also stressed that it's hard to 'rank' such a varied degree and all would be fine. Frankly all rankings of this sort, including the undergrad US News ranking, are subjective. PA component scores are the perfect example of that. FT.com / UK - A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN: THE TOP TEN SCHOOLS IN SELECTED CATEGORIES

FT ranked the best Finance departments worldwide and had Rochester at #3 while Tulane rounded out the Top 10. U of Fla was ranked 4th in Marketing worldwide. Since the MFin is the degree in question, I think an international publication's Finance dept ranking carries some weight. Having Louisiana-based Tulane, with only ~11,000 total students, so highly ranked by a publication in Great Britain shows the strength of an education in Finance from there. Florida, while still a great school, and hopefully with yet another SEC championship in about 10 minutes, is not known specifically for the strength of its Finance department. Rochester and Tulane are known specifically for Finance, as U Chicago is for Economics.

Other notes:
-Vandy is in Nashville with 1.6 million people.
-Villanova is fine but its finance department doesn't stand out among it's other departments. So, you could look at it in that it may be a more 'balanced' school discipline-wise. As an example, I know Tulane has much more emphasis placed on Finance and then Entrepreneurial study. Tulane is ranked 4th in that by another publication. Top 25 Graduate Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2009 - Entrepreneur.com
-Tulane has more Energy Finance OPTIONS than pretty much another other school but you don't have to take any energy classes at all. They are all electives. It just helps set the school apart in the energy rich region of the country so they advertise that fact.

As another note, I worked for Morgan Stanley before going back to get my Masters and now work for a private fund. Villanova is well respected and you shouldn't have to worry about it if that's where you choose to go. Best of luck.

I think the MFin will definitely help you get your foot in the door at boutique firms. They are much less interested in whether or not you went to one of a handful schools in my experience. My fund doesn't care where you went as long as you did well and took the requisite coursework and have some intern or other relevant experience. I don't mean to sound like they don't care at all, but going to a school like Villanova or Tulane is certainly fine.

Yes Rochester is probably the highest regarded of the group but their program is considerably longer....I would hope to crank it out in a 1 year time frame because of cost and time. What is your opinion on Tulane vs Villanova....with the same aspirations post grad.

I feel like I should chime in on the discussion here.

Tier One
U. of Rochester - One of the most impressive things about Rochester is the amount of funding for business graduate students. Nearly 85% of the student receive some sort of merit based scholarship. The Simon name carries weight, as storch pointed out, it is to some extent is "in the club." Simon's Early Leaders program is also impressive (although I firmly believe you should have considerable work experience before returning to school for an MBA). And on that note, Simon gives you an option to continue for another year to gain your MBA as well provided you have done will in your master's program. I also want to point out that the program as an 11 month no internship track and a 17 month internship track.

Tulane - Tulane is probably best known for its energy finance. It is THE school to go to if thats what your interested in. Benetode can comment more about the program itself. But I know the equity research group, aka the Burkenroad reports investment groups, provides an excellent opportunity to get some hands on experience. Tulane is a diverse school. Although it is in the south, its alumni stretch all over the country.

Tier Two
Villanova - School prestige and great alumni connections. The MSF Fellows Program is a great opportunity to knock off some of the tuition cost and research with a professor.

As for UF, I admittedly just don't know enough about the program to make a fair opinion. It seems like most of the students were undergrads at UF.

There are certainly other pure MS Finance programs you can check out. Vandy has an excellent program. M.I.T. and Princeton have top programs, allbeit a little more difficult to get into.

With that being said, I would really check out some schools in the UK if you don't mind living in the UK. London School of Economics, Cambridge, and Oxford all have super programs. Recruiting for these programs are mostly going to be for jobs in the City. So if you want to make a three year commitment, this isn't a bad option.

"As for UF, I admittedly just don't know enough about the program to make a fair opinion. It seems like most of the students were undergrads at UF."

Why does it matter WHERE they come from. A high GPA and GMAT are a high GPA and GMAT. When a Harvard law student came from Harvard undergrad, it doesn't cheapen the value of the law degree. I really don't understand why you made this point.

Again, with the higher admissions standards than Rochester, the exact same at graduation placement rate and good, traditional finance job placement....I fail to see why Rochester is "quite a bit better" than Florida.

Maybe it is better to people who are stuck in the world of 120 years ago and haven't bothered to keep track of which schools are "on the move".

I figured I could clarify a little here.

UF MSF is almost 100% UF undergrads. It serves as an honors program in finance for undergrads who want to get to Wall Street, and it does that well. Most of the people with good placements did the master's and bachelor's combined in their four years at UF. The OP here is not in that situation, but if he were instead a soph or fresh at UF, I would highly reccomend UF's MSF.

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