Opinions on USC MSF and MFE

[mr_british]

Hi all, I am looking for opinions on USC Marshall MS Finance and USC Viterbi MS Financial Engineering. Obviously, the MSF is focused more heavily on finance, while, the MFE is not within the business school. I have found the information on their websites to be rather limited and as someone who is unfamiliar with the US job market, how are these programs respected?

Side question: Any insight on the admissions timelines for each program would be appreciated too!

 

[kombuchalover]

I have pretty much heard nothing positive about USC MFE. Links I’ve seen on quantnet about it:

GIT QCF or USC MFE?

Hi guys, I've been recently admitted to both GIT quantitative computational finance program and USC financial engineering program, I currently live in DTLA now, but have a hard time deciding which program I should go. Only minimal jobs and internship information for USC MFE program seem to be...

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USC - MS in Financial Engineering

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What should I do (USC Mathematical Finance)

Hi everyone, I am currently a first year graduate student in Mathematical Finance Program. It seems that the placement of our program is not very good, actually, pretty bad. Only a few of 2010 graduates found a job. Until now, I haven't got any summer internship though I applied many companies...

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^the third one I thought was particularly noteworthy. I’d stay away with a 10 foot pole. Seems like they a cash cow program leveraging the USC name and offering none of the requisite support.

 

[mr_british]

I have pretty much heard nothing positive about USC MFE. Links I’ve seen on quantnet about it:

GIT QCF or USC MFE?

Hi guys, I've been recently admitted to both GIT quantitative computational finance program and USC financial engineering program, I currently live in DTLA now, but have a hard time deciding which program I should go. Only minimal jobs and internship information for USC MFE program seem to be...

quantnet.com

USC - MS in Financial Engineering

quantnet.com

What should I do (USC Mathematical Finance)

Hi everyone, I am currently a first year graduate student in Mathematical Finance Program. It seems that the placement of our program is not very good, actually, pretty bad. Only a few of 2010 graduates found a job. Until now, I haven't got any summer internship though I applied many companies...

quantnet.com

^the third one I thought was particularly noteworthy. I’d stay away with a 10 foot pole. Seems like they a cash cow program leveraging the USC name and offering none of the requisite support.

Cheers mate, had seen a few of those but was wondering if there were any more up to date reviews. Does seem that the career services are weaker for the MFE program. Also 100% agree with those threads that UCLA MFE seems the preferable choice in LA.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

The online time we ranked a USC program, it was 4 years ago and it was for the USC Mathematical Finance program.

2020 QuantNet Ranking of Best Financial Engineering Programs

The 2020 QuantNet MFE ranking is the most authoritative and comprehensive ranking of best Financial Engineering (MFE), Mathematical Finance programs in the continental USA.

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As you can see, it was unranked due to lack of data. With the data provided, it was at the bottom of the list based on the score.
I have tried to contact the USC MFE over the years but received zero response so I'm not impressed with either USC program.
There is a reason why you can't find the info you need from a program and usually, the reason is not good.
If you can do better, do.