The Berkeley Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) ranked #1 again this year in the US, according to a 2018 ranking published by QuantNet, a financial engineering web site.
The Berkeley MFE tied for #1 this year with Baruch College, City University of New York. The program ranked #2 this year for employment outcome three months after graduation.
QuantNet surveys program administrators, hiring managers and quantitative finance professionals from financial institutions around the world. Its ranking is based on the following factors (with weight distribution in parentheses): peer assessment (20%), placement success (55%), student selectivity (25%).
The MFE program is the second Berkeley-Haas degree program to rise to the top in its category, joining our Evening & Weekend MBA program, ranked the #1 part-time program in the US by US News & World Report.
View the full QuantNet report here.