UCLA MFE What do you think of UCLA's full time placement

[Hui Huang]

"...As of today, 85% of the class has accepted employment offers in financial engineering..."

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x23809.xml


Any comments?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

That is for 2009 class who graduated in Dec 2009. We are in August 2010 and I don't know when the number was reported/updated. Assuming "as of today" means latest, 85% students got job 8 months after graduation.
What has become clear is that location matters. As can be seen from the internship, placement location, majority of these students end up in the west coast.
Of 2009 class, 19% internship is in NYC and 14% employment in NYC compared to 42% and 24% for Los Angeles respectively.
Of 2010 internship, 5/40 interned in NYC and 20/40 in Los Angeles.

So if you want to work in west coast, go to a west coast program. If you want to work in NYC, go to NYC program.

 

[elliot]

That is for 2009 class who graduated in Dec 2009. We are in August 2010 and I don't know when the number was reported/updated. Assuming "as of today" means latest, 85% students got job 8 months after graduation.
What has become clear is that location matters. As can be seen from the internship, placement location, majority of these students end up in the west coast.
Of 2009 class, 19% internship is in NYC and 14% employment in NYC compared to 42% and 24% for Los Angeles respectively.
Of 2010 internship, 5/40 interned in NYC and 20/40 in Los Angeles.

So if you want to work in west coast, go to a west coast program. If you want to work in NYC, go to NYC program.

21% found employment in HK. So, if you want to work in HK goto UCLA

 

[abcdefh]

It's their first class stat., so relying on 1 year data cannot be very accurate.

ucla is indeed one of the most interesting program to follow, compared to other newer program.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Agree. I have UCLA MFE program on my "programs-to-watch" list. I'll keep an eye on them for the next few years to see how they evolve.
By the way, I have a working communication with the program's director and they are one of our website's advertisers.