2015 MS Finance Employment Report

VANDERBILT MS FINANCE

2015 EMPLOYMENT REPORT

Friends and Associates, I am honored and excited to present the MS Finance Employment Report for the Class of 2015. With another year of all-time highs in key performance metrics, the Vanderbilt MS Finance investment continues to produce great returns. n

Record Year for Employment. 100 percent of the MS Finance Class of 2015 was employed full-time by 90 days after graduation, while both offers and acceptances by graduation increased from last year’s all-time records. Base salaries also increased by 13 percent.

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Student Satisfaction. From our popular finance city treks to individualized coaching services unmatched by any other school, no program offers broader and deeper support to job seekers. Student satisfaction with MS Finance career management services surged again to yet a new record high in 2015.

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of Foreign Nationals. For the second time in three years, employment of our foreign nationals reached 100 percent, with every student in the Class of 2015 securing employment in the United States. Our goal is to be the program of choice for foreign nationals with the greatest career potential and we have firmly established ourselves as such.

Much of our success can be attributed to the strong Vanderbilt alumni base. As one of the most established and well-respected MS Finance programs in the country, we boast an active MS Finance alumni base.

Alumni of our top-25 MBA program are also an invaluable resource when job seekers are working to expand their professional networks. A loyal and accessible alumni network is absolutely essential in today’s competitive job market, and that is exactly what the Vanderbilt MS Finance offers.

Additionally we prepare students to succeed long before they even set foot on campus in August. And it works.

As I enter my sixth year leading MS Finance career management services, I am proud of the steep trajectory of both the program and our graduates’ careers.

Blake Gore Senior Associate Director, Career Management Center Vanderbilt University | Owen Graduate School of Management 1

Source of Employment

Class of 2015 Profile

School-Facilitated Activities Campus Job Posting Alumni Referral Scheduled Interviews on Campus Campus Job Fair School-Facilitated Internship Total

Percent 29% 29% 12% 3% 3% 76%

Student-Facilitated Activities Internet Job Posting Personal Network Other Student-Initiated Activities Total

Percent 8% 8% 8% 24%

Job Functions

Percent 42% 29% 16% 8% 5%

Investment Banking Investments & Research Financial Consulting & Advisory Corporate Finance Real Estate

Average Salary $70,000

Class Size Undergraduate GPA Average Average GMAT Foreign Nationals Women Minorities

44 3.45 679 20% 23% 12%

Final Offer Status # of Graduates # of Graduates Seeking Employment

40* 38

At Graduation Students With Offers Students Who Accepted

87% 79%

90 Days Past Graduation Students With Offers Students Who Accepted

100% 100%

*Does not include the 4 JD/MSF students from the Class of 2015.

Top Hiring Companies for 2015 Owen has really improved my job prospects and my résumé and helped me get into the type of career that I wanted.

Bryce Yen Vanderbilt MS Finance | 2015 Deloitte Atlanta, GA

Deutsche Bank Jefferies & Co. Stephens Inc Deloitte Lazard SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Wells Fargo

Top Metro Areas* New York Atlanta Charlotte Nashville *100 percent of offers were within the US

My world has gotten bigger and more interesting as a result of Owen. I’ve had the chance to learn more about myself and my capabilities.

Ronke Oyekunle Vanderbilt MS Finance | 2015 Jefferies & Co. New York, NY

2010-2015 Employment History

Over the last five years, Vanderbilt MS Finance students have accepted positions in the following functional areas and firms.*

Investment Banking

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Deutsche Bank Fifth Third Bank Goldman Sachs Harris Williams & Co. Jefferies & Co. Lazard Raymond James Stephens Inc Stifel SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Wells Fargo

Investments & Research

Bridgewater Associates Cambridge Associates Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs

Guggenheim Partners JPMorgan Morgan Stanley Ramsey Quantitative Systems, Inc. Robert W. Baird Wells Fargo William Blair

Sales & Trading

Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs Koch Supply & Trading Morgan Stanley

Real Estate Finance

Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs Jones Lang LaSalle USAA Real Estate Company Wells Fargo

Corporate Finance Asurion Caesars Entertainment Capital One CarMax EDP Renewables ExxonMobil FedEx LifePoint Hospitals LG Electronics Microsoft

Advisory Services & Consulting Booz Allen Hamilton Capgemini Deloitte EY KPMG Houlihan Lokey PricewaterhouseCoopers *Partial listing

Selected cities where students have accepted offers since 2010 Seattle Boston

Minneapolis Milwaukee Salt Lake City San Francisco Denver Las Vegas

New York

Chicago Washington, DC Columbus Kansas City

Louisville

Richmond

Nashville Charlotte Little Rock Atlanta Dallas New Orleans Jacksonville Houston San Antonio

Miami

Master of Science in Finance Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management 401 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203-2422

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