Quant with a M.S in Applied Math?

Hello,

I am in my first semester of a M.S in Applied Math at Johns Hopkins. I plan on my degree being about 50% Probability and Statistics, 20% Pure Math( Matrix Theory, and Real Analysis) and 30% Programming.

I did not want to go the financial engineering degree route as this would pigeonhold me. Can I still make it as a quantitative analyst?

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