Columbia MS Financial Economics vs. Princeton Master in Finance
Hello everybody,
I have been exploring various masters programs in finance recently and two of them grabbed my attention:
the Master in Finance at Princeton
the Master of Science in Financial Economics at CBS
I would like to know what program you would pick and especially why?
Princeton.
More applicable. One year vs. two. More established program.
Columbia's program is more a PhD-lite and is in its 2nd year I believe. Princeton's program hands down.
Unless you need the time in the country, aka you are an international. In that case you might want two years instead of just one.
FYI - Both programs are sub ~5% acceptance rates.
Princeton is arguably the best masters in finance program there is. I was look at the CVs of people that had been accepted to the program and saw a lot of perfect scores (GMAT along with really high GPA (3.8+) from HYPS, ivy leagues, or universities like IIT (MIT equivalent in India with acceptance rate of around 1.5%). So given that you get in choose Princeton.
I hope I'll be able to attend Princeton's program some day, although it's definitely going to be a stretch with my nonexistent educational pedigree. I think if I work for a couple years with a BB in S&T, I might have a decent shot (I'm working towards this goal at the moment). Anyway, w.r.t. MSF/MFE programs, Princeton's is number one with MIT a close second.
It is true that Columbia may sound more PhD-like and is two-year long, but as far as I know it is more applied since you are not doing research.
It seems that you can benefit from PhD/MBA-level education within their business school while Princeton's classes are only graduate. Isn't it an advantage?
Maybe the program is too fresh now but it seems that you get an interesting and more original profile once you're out.
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