Full-Time Placement Statistics (Fall 2023 Graduating Class) as of 3/15/24

Placement at Graduation: 96% were employed within 3 months of graduation
Average First-Year Total Compensation: $133,865
Highest First-Year Total Compensation: $250,000
Average First-Year Base Salary: $113,604
Hiring Companies Include: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Invesco, Charles Schwab, EY, US Bank
Cities of Placement Include: New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, 
Internship Placement Summer 2023: 88%

Full-Time Placement Statistics (Spring 2023 Graduating Class) 

Placement at Graduation: 96% 
Average First-Year Total Compensation: $130,440
Highest First-Year Total Compensation: $220,000
Average First-Year Base Salary: $116,145
Hiring Companies Include: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Invesco, Charles Schwab, EY, US Bank
Cities of Placement Include: New York, Chicago, Atlanta, 

Full-Time Placement Statistics (Fall 2022 Graduating Class) 

Placement at Graduation: 97% 
Average First-Year Total Compensation: $147,680
Highest First-Year Total Compensation: $410,000
Average First-Year Base Salary: $119,187
Hiring Companies Include: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Invesco, Charles Schwab, EY, US Bank
Cities of Placement Include: New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte

Full Time Placement Statistics (Spring 2022 Graduating Class)

Placement at Graduation: 100%
Average First-Year Total Compensation: $130,556
Highest First-Year Total Compensation: $150,000
Average First-Year Base Salary: $109,029
Average Sign-on & Relocation: $10,206
Hiring Companies Include: UBS Securities, JP Morgan, EY, Bank of America, S&P Global, BlackRock, Morningstar, KPMG
Cities of Placement Include: New York, Atlanta, Chicago

Full Time Placement Statistics (Fall 2021 Graduating Class)

Placement at Graduation: 90% - 100% were employed by 3/1/22
Average First-Year Total Compensation: $127,125
Highest First-Year Total Compensation: $270,000
Average First-Year Base Salary: $101,621
Average Sign-on & Relocation: $10,360
Hiring Companies Include: DRW Holdings, EY, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bank of America, ICE, PNC, Citigroup, Greensky, Blackrock, RQSI, Truist, McKinsey & Company, Oracle
Cities of Placement Include: New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Dallas

Career Results & Placement

MS QCF students pursue careers throughout the global financial marketplace. Example job functions include:

  • Derivatives Pricing and Trading
  • Risk Management
  • Structured Products
  • Portfolio Management
  • Research
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Strategic Analysis & Modeling
  • Technical Consulting
  • Credit Reporting & Analytics

These job functions typically are for companies in financial industries including:

  • Hedge Funds
  • Financial Technology
  • Financial Services
  • Commercial Banking
  • Investment Banking
  • Asset Management
  • Insurance
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Government & Regulation

The MS QCF network of alumni and companies that recruited from the program extends to (partial list):

  • A.T. Kearney
  • Accenture
  • Aflac
  • Amazon.com
  • Angel Oak Capital Advisors, LLC
  • AQR Capital
  • Axioma Inc.
  • Bank of America
  • Barclays Capital
  • Bayview Asset Management
  • BB&T
  • BBVA Compass
  • Belvedere Trading
  • Bloomberg LP
  • BNP Paribas
  • BP
  • Capital One
  • Chicago Trading Company
  • Citadel Investment Group
  • Citigroup
  • Constellation Energy Commodities Group
  • Corporate Advisory Associates
  • Covenant Capital Management
  • Credit Suisse
  • Dalian Commodity Exchange
  • Deloitte
  • Deutsche Bank
  • DRW Holdings, LLC
  • EDF Trading
  • Enova Financials
  • Ernst & Young (EY)
  • Eton Park
  • eVestment
  • FactSet Research Systems
  • Fannie Mae
  • Federal Home Loan Bank
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Georgia Pacific
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • Helios Holdings
  • HH Consulting Enterprises
  • HSBC Bank North America
  • VOYA (ING)
  • InterContinental Exchange, Inc
  • J.P. Morgan Chase
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Koch Supply & Trading
  • KPMG
  • Lighthouse Partners
  • Macquarie Capital Securities Limited
  • McKinley Capital Management
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Moody's
  • Morgan Stanley
  • MSCI
  • Nielsen Company
  • Nomura Securities
  • Oak Hill Advisors LP
  • Oracle Corporation
  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC)
  • Regions Financial Corporation
  • RiskMetrics
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • SAS
  • Scotiabank
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Shanghai Stock Exchange
  • Standard & Poor
  • Sun Trust
  • Susquehanna International Group
  • TD Bank Financial Group
  • Thomson Reuters
  • TransMarket Group, L.L.C.
  • UBS
  • Union Bank
  • Wellington Management
  • Wells Fargo
  • World Bank, IFC