As far as I know, in case of placement, CMU and NYU are the only two unis that can be taken for sure to get u a job.......EVen in case if CMU, chances are there that students without work ex and that too international ones have hard times finding a good job(80k+)Even i am also confused regarding Columbia, stanford and other unis like UMich,Gatech,Rutgers.....although columbia being IVY and is in NYC, for sure columbia placement figures are not very attractive...... Now if columbia is not able to take advantage of NYC then what factors help to find a job....Till Now only 3 unis has posted their placement statistics:CMU,BERKELEY and NYU and this shows rest of unis are not having good placement ststistics....QuoteOriginally posted by: CandleQuote2)do students from decent schools(like UMICH, GAtech,Rutgers...) get jobs or the finance jobs are for just IVY league studnets...Can someone also kindly comment on Stanford, a non-Ivy school?

CMU stats are looking pretty good this year.Summer interns were at 27% one month ago.I think that is up to between 40-50% now.It takes time. Patience. Perserverance.

Rohitb,You seem quite attached to the word "even"....anyways...Princeton's MFin is entitled a "finance" program, as opposed to a quant/computational/math/whatever degree, but it's directly comparable and covers the same material. I'm not familiar with your foundation for the 2 schools that one can surely get a job from, nor the citation that only 3 schools post their placement info, but Princeton's website lists the 23 graduates from last year - all of whom are employed. It also lists the employer, and the general area and/or function.There you go...another "sure" school.....