Who Should Apply

Students in the Financial Engineering Program range in education and experience from recent undergraduates to Ph.D.s who are working in management-level positions. In recent years, students in the program have included:

• A bond trader from Singapore
• An astro physicist from the United States Air Force
• A mathematics teacher
• An accelerated economics student
• A modeling analyst from Boeing
• A recent economics graduate
• An executive manager with a Ph.D. in chemistry.

While their ages and experience vary greatly, our students share strong quantitative backgrounds and aptitude as reflected in GMAT or GRE test scores and undergraduate majors. In recent years, our students have ranked around the 80th percentile on the quantitative portion of the GMAT or GRE. An approximate breakdown of the undergraduate degrees of recent students is:

• 35% Mathematics
• 35% Engineering
• 15% Computer Science
• 10% Business
• 5% Economics

Applicants to the Financial Engineering program should have strong records of achievement in quantitatively oriented undergraduate disciplines and have completed multivariable calculus and linear algebra coursework.  Ideal candidates are interested in the application of complex mathematical concepts to finance and risk management and have the potential to function effectively as leaders in professional management environments.