Hi All,
I need your help in deciding which University to choose considering following factors
i) Affordability
ii) Job prospects in US
iii) Job prospects in India
Following are the admits I have received (all are STEM). I dont want to spend more than 50K (including living) unless opportunities of getting Job for an international students are more
1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY - Quantitative Finance and Risk Analytics program - 1 years course - 53K fee (ranked very high in all MFE rankings but fee is very high)
2. SUNY Buffalo - MS Finance Quant Track - 1.5 years course - 34K fee
3. Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)- Computational Finance - 1 year course - 24 K fee after scholarship
Decision is pending for
Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ - MFE - 1.5 Years - 45K-48k (without any scholarship)
My Background
Bachelor's of Engineering (Computer science)
MBA (Finance and banking)
Work Ex: 4 years of exp in US mortgage underwriting (credit analyst)