COMPARE NYU MS in Mathematics in Finance vs MIT Master of Finance

[Andy Nguyen]

P.S.: there is an inaccuracy about MIT's tuition on the program's page. This year it will be 74,500 USD

It still shows as 73,800 for me here. I wouldn't be surprised if tuition keeps going up but you can only update the wiki if you can link to those 74,500 figure.

Andy, you still have to answer Mr EcoSkian.. would you add your 2 cents to my 2 cents and increase the AUM for Ecoskian to decide on his final pick.. This forum is awesome to understand how folks compare institutes...

I don't know OP's background. The choice is personal and his alone.
I hope OP can find enough information here to make a well-informed decision.

 

[ecoskian]

I opted for MIT, but that's due to a very personal evaluation and to the fact that I might be a bit risk-loving at this point. To help other people that might find themselves stuck between the choice of MIT and some other good program, in my case it's definitely about the electives - you can put together some very interesting selection!

Then there's a bit of bias: I've been wanting to go to MIT for the last 12 years of my life and - for a bunch of reasons - going there for college wasn't an option, so I guess this might have slightly influenced my decision.

As for tuition, I don't think I'm disclosing any confidential information when I post this image, which is taken from the estimated expenses page of the admitted students. I guess the public pages needs some update (the employment report linked to is still the 2010 one, for instance).

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Thanks for the added info, ecoskian
I updated the wiki for the 2012-2013 estimate tuition. A lot of programs websites are not kept up to date so it's always good to have our members inform us of new changes.
Looks like you already set your mind up for MIT. Whichever program you end up enrolling in, I hope you will keep us updated.
Best.