COMPARE Columbia University MAFN vs NYU Tandon MFE

[Marcus Love Quant]

Definitely go for NYU's MFE. Columbia's reputation has been plummeted for years internationally, especially around the APAC region (since you know, most Columbia graduates were from programs like SPS or Stat...It's just every role at every firm will have someone graduated from Columbia). If you got into either the MFE at Engineering or MSFE at CBS, then I'll vote for Columbia, but not for the rest programs.

It's really sad to see that this school is turning education for money for years, do they really need this amount of tuition after all? (at the expense of bad reputation...)

 

[taicon]

Some information from current Tandon MFE student

COMPARE - Columbia MFE vs. NYU Tandon MFE

Hi all, The title pretty much says it all, I need advice on deciding which is better. I recently got admitted in both Columbia and NYU MFE program and both the universities have a pretty small window to reply and accept / reject the offers. So any help in this matter would be useful. I would...

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[nybound]

Definitely go for NYU's MFE. Columbia's reputation has been plummeted for years internationally, especially around the APAC region (since you know, most Columbia graduates were from programs like SPS or Stat...It's just every role at every firm will have someone graduated from Columbia). If you got into either the MFE at Engineering or MSFE at CBS, then I'll vote for Columbia, but not for the rest programs.

It's really sad to see that this school is turning education for money for years, do they really need this amount of tuition after all? (at the expense of bad reputation...)

Yea, I'm actually also leaning toward Tandon at this point. It's true that Columbia's master programs' reputation has gone down a lot and they are more expensive than Tandon. Thanks a lot for your advice!

 

[Yevgeniy]

Tandon is in Brooklyn. Enuf said.

 

[Chacinluis]

Yea, I'm actually also leaning toward Tandon at this point. It's true that Columbia's master programs' reputation has gone down a lot and they are more expensive than Tandon. Thanks a lot for your advice!

Hey. Congrats on those two acceptances last year. Which program did you end up deciding on, and do you feel you made the right choice?