Claremont Graduate University

[bala v]

Hi, I got an Masters in financial engineering admission offer from Claremont Graduate University. I have to be in the southern california area, which made me apply to Claremont. Can anyone comment on the Claremont MSFE program. One thing is for sure - its predict costly ($60k - total program cost). Is it worth the cost? Can anyone comment on the programs strengths, weakness, placement record etc.. Any reply would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bala

[Andy]

60K for that program ? :-ss
I didn't expect it to cost that much. On the west, UCB is probably very well known and worth the money since they seem to do a good job getting jobs to their students.

I heard Claremont program mentioned here and there but mostly questions about it. nobody seems to know or share anything about it.

What are your other choices ?

[Yuriy]

I checked thier curriculum -- more or less -- standard set of typical courses: Derivatives, Probability, Stochastic Calculus, Stochastic Processes, electives in PDEs, Numerical Analysis, Time Series, Fixed Income. However, I did not see any C++ or programming of any kind, no courses in Risk Management or Structural Finance.

[Yuriy]

As Andy said, 60K is a bit expensive. But maybe they will expand in the future.