QuantNet in Dec 2017. The most comprehensive 2018 ranking of best Financial Engineering (MFE), Mathematical Finance programs in North America. The 2018 QuantNet ranking of Financial Engineering/Quantitative Finance masters programs in North America provides detailed information on placement and admission statistics from top programs the region, making it uniquely valuable to the quant finance community at large. The 2018 QuantNet rankings are best positioned to help prospective applicants decide where to apply and enroll in those master quantitative programs. 2018 Financial Engineering Programs Rankings Methodology Share your opinion about the 2018 QuantNet ranking. Rank Program Total score Peer assessment score Employment rate at graduation Employment rate 3 months after graduation Average starting base salary (not including bonus) Average GRE Quant of admitted students Tuition Class Size 1 Baruch College, City University of New York Financial Engineering New York, NY 100 4.1 94% 100% $110,000 169.5 $40,980 (non- resident), $27,675 (resident) 36FT, 4PT 1 University of California, Berkeley Financial Engineering Berkeley, CA 100 4.2 84% 96% $108,286 168 $68,725 68FT 3 Carnegie Mellon University Computational Finance Pittsburgh, PA 98 4.3 68% 85% $100,939 169 $83,100 97FT 3 Columbia University Financial Engineering New York, NY 98 3.9 97% 100% $93,000 169 $69,696 99FT