Masters Programs at Rice University
Rising junior studying finance at a different school. While I’m confident in my abilities to land a scheduling role or place in a grad development program for physical trading, I feel like having a masters would help me land a better FT position upon graduating or just give me better odds at a company of my choosing. I’m looking at the Master of Energy Economics at Rice. Ideally I would like a Master of Statistics - I took calc BC in high school and got my 5s on the AP exams but haven’t take calc 3 or linear algebra, both which are required for the program. Would love to hear any insights to their programs, thoughts, or recommendations. Thanks.
Personally I don’t know of any trading firms that target this particular masters program at Rice. But there is a huge emphasis on Texas A&M’s TRIP masters so if you happen to go there know that is a very good option. I’m sure an energy related masters degree at Rice would look fine for an unsolicited generic internet job application but I get the impression that is more for corporate roles at big energy firms and not necessarily a trading feeder.
I do go there and will be applying in the fall semester, just trying to come up with backups should it not workout. With that added info do you have any further recommendations?
My preference in your spot would be:
Graduate level TDP at BP or any of the newer programs (assuming that they are legit- do some due diligence on those)
Analyst at a bank
TRIP masters (would say it’s placement is so strong that it’s better than a generic entry level analyst or ops role)
Generic entry level role at a major, utility
Masters program in a quant field (hard to value that vs the immediate above option- those don’t really connect directly with commodities but would look good on an app)
Analyst role at a consulting firm that does market research on energy trading - some limited cases of movement but not very high paying for juniors and not particularly well respected in the industry
I also go to A&M and will be applying in the fall. Would love to connect if you want
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