Recruiting, Career Development, and Job Placements
Career Development and Job Placements
The Master in Finance program from Princeton BCF is in a class of its own. Our exceptional job placement and career services are unmatched, while small class sizes and personalized attention give our students the advantage.
Princeton University’s Master in Finance program enrolls approximately 35 students each year out of hundreds of applicants. Because of the small size of the program and its selectivity, students are able to meet high academic standards and create strong working relationships with both the faculty and each other. Ultimately, these factors—combined with the program’s intense focus on recruiting and career development— result in an outstanding track record for graduate job placements.
2024 Full Time & Internship Placements
The Bendheim Center for Finance regularly achieves a placement record of 100% for both full-time positions and internships. Below are the companies where our Master in Finance students took positions in 2024, many of which are corporate partners.
Examples of the positions and teams our students have joined this year and in prior years include, Alpha Modeler, Alpha Researcher, Analyst, Macro Grad, Electronic Trading, Equity Derivatives Trader, Fixed Income Systematic Strategies, Interest Rates Vol Trading, Options Trader, Portfolio Implementation Analyst, Quant Analyst, Inflation Trading Team, Quant Research and Investments, Quant Trader/Researcher, Quant Strategies Group, Quantitative Analysis and Technology, Quantitative Researcher, Quantitative Trader, Research Analyst, Systematic Equity, and Trader, Semi-Systematic Equities.
Career Development Offerings
Princeton BCF ensures all Master in Finance students receive a wealth of resources for career development. These services begin at the very start of the program with our Master in Finance Career Boot Camp (which precedes the first week of classes) and continue through graduation.
All students are encouraged to attend the center’s Career Speaker Series featuring presentations by leading voices in the field.
Students have access to a dedicated career advisor throughout the course of their program, and also have access to a breadth of resources at the Princeton University Career Development Center.
In addition to managing Princeton BCF’s corporate partners to build pipelines between students and top-rated firms, the center’s Manager of Career Development and External Relations, Lindsay Bracken, regularly facilitates alumni mentorship connections. Students can meet with Bracken at any point for practice mock interviews and resume reviews.
Our interdisciplinary program prepares students for a wide range of careers both inside and outside the financial industry, including:
- Quantitative trading
- Quantitative research
- Financial engineering and risk management
- Sales and Trading
- Portfolio management
- Macroeconomic and financial forecasting
- Strats and modeling
Princeton BCF Alumni Network
Princeton BCF is known for its strong alumni network and corporate partners, ensuring students and graduates make important connections and build lasting relationships in the finance industry.
Job Placement History
The Bendheim Center for Finance’s placement record from 2017 to 2023 has been 100% for both full-time jobs and summer internships.
To achieve these excellent numbers, we especially appreciate the critical support of our alumni, our Advisory Council, and our corporate partners.