Career Development
The MAFN Program equips the students with the skills to not only succeed academically but also give them the professional development tools and resources to succeed in the job market. Learn about how we prepare our students for job hunting and what resources you would have access to as a MAFN student.
gsas career development services
All students in our program are able to use the career development resources provided by GSAS Compass, which services all master’s and doctoral students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Those services include:
- Job and Internship Platform
- One-on-one Career Advising
- General Career Development Resources
- Events and Workshops
m.A. Mathematics of finance (mafn) tailored career development program
- Virtual trainings offered in the summer prior to joining the program: technical interview and coding training & career development training covering all aspects of job/interview search
- One-on-one career advising starting in the summer before students join the program, through their studies and beyond
- Industry-specific career workshops including technical mock interviews, salary negotiation workshops etc.
- Employer info sessions, company treks, on campus interviews and exclusive job/internship opportunities
- Networking events with alumni of the program
- MAFN Alumni Mentorship Program
Employment Statistics
The majority of our students find their first jobs in Investment Banks, Financial Services, Asset Management, Consulting, and Technology.
Class of 2023
There were 117 students (part-time and full-time) graduating with the MAFN degree in February & May 2023.
Two of those students were not looking for a job (they continued in academia or have other plans), 15 students were missing (we were not able to track them despite several attempts in the span of 6 months).
The employment data is based on 100 students who were looking for a job.
JOBS LANDED BEFORE GRADUATION: 78 out of 100 students landed jobs before graduation. 74% of those jobs are based in the US.
JOBS LANDED WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF GRADUATION: 90 out of 100 students were employed within 3 months of graduation. 76% of those jobs are in the US
JOBS LANDED WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF GRADUATION: 97 out of 100 students got jobs within 6 months of graduation 73% of those jobs are based in the US
Class of 2022:
61 full-time students graduated in the class of 2022
2 students are not looking for employment
6 students we could not track
53 were looking for employment
53 were hired within 3 months of graduation (46 got offers before graduation, 7 after graduation)
MAFN alumni
Our alums work for 600+ companies around the globe.
To learn more, please visit this page.
If you are an alum seeking career advice, you would like to stay in touch with the program, or hire our current students or your fellow alums please go here.
Sample list of companies that hired our 2023 graduates. Many hired multiple students. For example, J.P. Morgan hired 10 students for positions based in the U.S.
| AllianceBernstein |
| Amber Group |
| AQR Capital Management |
| Aviva |
| Bank of America |
| Barclays |
| BlackRock |
| BNP Paribas USA |
| Brevan Howard |
| Capital Market Risk Advisors |
| Capital One |
| CBOE Labs |
| Chegg Inc |
| CICC |
| Citi |
| Credit Suisse |
| Deutsche Bank |
| Diamond Standard Inc. |
| Ernst & Young |
| Fidelity |
| Fir Tree Partners |
| FTSE Russell |
| Goldman Sachs |
| Guzman Energy |
| Huatai Securities (USA) |
| IMC Trading |
| Jefferies |
| JP Morgan |
| Manteio Capital |
| Morgan Stanley |
| Nasdaq |
| Neuberger Berman |
| Nomura |
| Numerix |
| Oak Hill Advisors |
| Qontigo |
| RBC Capital |
| Reinsurance Group of America |
| Royal Bank of Canada |
| S&P Global |
| SMBC |
| Societe Generale |
| Stable Group Ltd./ Morgan Stanley |
| TD Securities |
| UBS |
| WorldQuant |
Aetna/CVS
Bank of America
Bank of China
Bank of China International Securities Co.
Barclays
Beacon Platform
Bloomberg LP
BNP Paribas
Capital One
China International Capital Corporation Limited
China Pacific Insurance Group
China Universal Asset Management
Citi
CITIC Securities
Citic Wealth Management
CUBIST
DIA Associates
Earnst & Yang
EIA All Weather Alpha Partners
Essence Securities
Everbright PGIM Fund Management Co.,Ltd
Everbright Securities
GIC
Goldman Sachs
Graham Capital Managaement
Guotai Junan Asset Management
Guotai Junan Securities
Huatai Financial Holdings
Huatai Securities Co
Huawei
Industrial Economic Research Consulting
Intuit
Jianxin Fintech
JP Morgan
Kapler Fi
Lazard Asset Management
LS Direct
Millenium Management
ML Tech
Moodys
Murex
Optiver BV
OSAM
Ping An Asset Management
Premia Partners/followed by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
PwC
Rockefeller Capital Management
Sapientia Technologies Limited
Schonfeld
Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd
Societe Generale
Standard Chartered Bank
State Administration of Foreign Exchange Investment Center
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Two Sigma
UBS
US Bancorp
Verition Fund Management
Virtu Financial
Voya Investment Management
Webull Financial
Wells Fargo
For employers
If you are an employer interested in hiring our students, please click here.