Stanford MS&E vs Columbia MA Statistics

wesfalcon
Mon, 19 May 2008 16:50:55 +0000

hi gargazond,

i’m a current student in the ma stats program, so i can provide some little insight

imho, the highlights of the ma stats program:

1. lesser course requirements - only 8 courses / 2 sem vs. 3 sem in stanford, which means lower cost

2. program is very flexible. out of 8 courses, only 5 needs to be from stats dept, the rest you can take from bschool, or, fe, math, etc.

3. location wise… depending on your interest, new york might be better than palo alto, esp if ur into finance. i think number of jobs are greater in ny

4. type of courses are very different too…

5. placement totally depend on you. name recog should be the same for both. finance placement is a bit lousy this year just because of the market