The Oklahoma State University Masters in Quantitative Finance is the universities specialized program for anyone interested in the studying finance or focusing on quantitative finance. I first posted about this program ages ago when it was just launching and it is nice to see this still going strong. Since my initial post was early on, I will use this as a more comprehensive overview of program for anyone interested.
Overview
This is a 33 credit hour, STEM designated masters program with 21 hours of required classes and 12 hours of electives. The Oklahoma program is an academic partner with the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) which is one of the industry standard associations for risk management practitioners.
The website mentions three areas of specialization, but I couldn’t what they are outside of the quantitative finance. They have electives on valuation, energy, derivatives as well as all the usual quantitative and financial engineering type classes. I would imagine you can make this as much or as little focused on quant finance as you’d like.
Admissions
Standard application package for Oklahoma. Resume, application, transcripts, recommendations, etc. GMAT and GRE are required for this one. The website includes the following guidance:
GMAT with a suggested minimum score of 550 or GRE with a suggested minimum score of Quant 148/Verbal 160
Scores are fairly reasonable and should be achievable for anyone interested in the program. Applications are due twice a year – Fall – Feb. 1st and Spring – Sept. 1st.
For tuition, I am going to try and give you a direction as I am not 100% sure the cost of the program. I’ll give you the links so you can check out yourself. For consistency sake, I am looking at graduate in state and out of state, both living off campus.
- In State – Tuition & fees (16 hour estimate) $7,550 x 2 = $15,100 (approximately)
- Out of State – Tuition & fees (16 hour estimate) $17,890 x 2 = $35,780 (approximately)
You can find the links here.
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That is the update for now. If you are a resident of Oklahoma, this program is a steal. I would imagine placements are fairly strong in the Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Texas area as well, focused on energy or F500 in that geography.
Here is a link to the Oklahoma State University Master in Finance program
