Updated comparison of master's programs (Columbia, MIT, Oxford)

Hello,

I am in the process of doing due diligence with respect to a number of master's programs. Unfortunately, many of the discussions that compare some of these programs are a bit old. If anyone has a sense, any updated impressions with respect to these three programs would be extraordinarily helpful:

1) Oxford Master's in Financial Economics 2) MIT MFin 3) Columbia Master's in Financial Economics

In particular, any impressions on placement opportunities by subsector (AM, quant finance, IB, consulting) would be a tremendous help. Other factors (I already know that there are work visa issues with respect to studying abroad for example) would also be warmly welcomed. Thank you.

Edit: I remember now that the first two programs were compared in some detail ("Oxford MFE vs MIT MFin") actually. The third program seems to have the least forum-based information available.

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