Employment Stats 2011


Summer Internships

100% of students who sought internships obtained paid summer internship positions.

Number of MFE Students: 32
Number seeking internships: 32
Number of Internships: 32

Internship Locations

Los Angeles: 13
San Francisco: 5
New York: 4
Boston: 2
Atlanta: 1
Chicago: 1
Denver: 1
Philadelphia: 1
People's Republic of China: 2
Germany: 1
Taiwan: 1

Hiring Organizations

Advanced Algorithmic Trading System
Ascend Analytics
Belmont Capital (2)
Centricity Financial (2)
CME
Delaware Investments
Federal Reserve
First Quadrant
GLIC
GMO
Google
ING
JPMorgan
Moody's (2)
Nomura
One West Bank
Oppenheimer-Suma Group
PAAMCO
PG&E
Pine River
Research Affiliates (3)
State Street
Shen Yin & Wan Guo Securities
Telesis
Thomson Reuters (2)
Universa

Sample of Companies Recruiting UCLA MFE Students

Ascend Analytics
Bank of the West
Bloomberg
Camden Asset Management
China First Corporation
China International Capital Corporation
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Cutler Group
D.E.Shaw
DBS Singapore
Duff & Phelps
Federal Reserve of New York
First Quadrant
Franklin Templeton
Future Fund of Australia
GF Securities
Goldman Sachs
Google
Group One Trading
Guardian Life
Informed Portfolio Management
ING Hong Kong
Jane Street
Janus Capital
JPMorgan
KPMG
Macquarie Capital
Moody's
Morgan Stanley
New Frontier Advisors
Newedge USA LLC
Nomura Asset Management - New York
Nomura Equity Management - Hong Kong
Nomura Fixed Income - Singapore
NumeriX
Obex Securities
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company
Pacific Life Insurance
PanAgora Asset Management
PG&E
PIMCO
Piper Jaffray
PWC
Quantifi Solutions
Research Affiliates
Rosenblatt Securities
Schwab
SEC
Simplex-Tech
Southern California Edison
Standard Charter
State Street
Strategic Global Advisors
Susquehanna International Group
T2AM
Thomson Reuters
Toronto Dominion Bank
Trust Company of the West (TCW)
UCLA Foundation
Union Bank
Universa
Wedbush
Wilshire Associates
Zion's Bank
ZS Associates

 

Full-time Employment

92% of students who sought full-time employment accepted positions in finance.

3 months after graduation: 80%
5 months after graduation: 92%

Number of MFE Students: 32
Number seeking full-time jobs: 26
Number of full-time placements: 24

Salary Data

Base Salary US Citizen/Permanent Resident
Average: 96,000
Median: 100,000
Range: 80,000 - 120,000

Base Salary International Student
Average: 75,000
Median: 93,000
Range: 70,000 - 100,000

Aggregate Salary Data
Average: 90,857
Median: 95,000
Range: 70,000 - 120,000
Average bonus: 14,000

Full-time Locations

Los Angeles 35%
San Francisco 30%
New York 9%
PRC 9%
India 4%
Hong Kong 4%
Japan 4%
Chicago 4%

Employers

China Asset Management
CICC
Deutsche Bank (2)
Dorchester Capital
Duff & Phelps
Ebay
Entrepreneur; Telesis
FactSet
Federal Reserve of New York
FINRA
Gifford Fong
Google
Moody's Analytics (2)
Nomura
Oaktree
Oppenheimer
Pacific Life
Research Affiliates (2)
Susquehanna
Thomson Reuters
Wilshire Associates

Sample Job Titles

Analyst
Associate
Equity Analyst
Fx Trading Analyst
Portfolio Analysis & Reporting Analyst
Senior Analyst
Senior Financial Analyst
Risk Analyst
Trader