What is the career focus? An MSF is quite different than an undergrad in finance. MSF is pretty technical/math oriented and is really part of the track to a PhD in finance which again is very different path than MBA. An MSF can be very useful in finance and even preparation for the CFA exam. CFAs are most commonly found in equity research. In investment banking you won’t see many CFAs. You could also consider an MSF at an urban school like Boston College or a Fordham. My husband has a MSF from BC and an MBA from Columbia. Very different degrees and both helpful for what he does. A strong, motivated student will do well no matter what. I started out as an investment banking analyst. I was a finance major from Clemson with a ton of internships and ECs. My husband got there with an undergrad from Alabama in accounting and the MSF from BC directly after. We worked with kids from Harvard and Princeton who had degrees in things like history. We had 6-8 weeks of intense training and we were all really on the same playing field. Obviously that was 20 years ago but much of it is still true. Kids need to figure it out on their own too. I would not assume a kid needs an MSF just bc they went to UF.
What is the career goal at the moment?