The MFM at Minnesota gave me a smooth transition from engineering into the finance industry.   I knew very little about economics and finance. But the program laid out a solid foundation and gave me the tools to land in a great firm in Shanghai where I have developed expertise in fixed income trading.  Another great thing is the cost/benefit of this MFM. You receive a very high value graduate degree in financial mathematics at a comparatively low cost. Minnesota’s MFM tuition cost is 50% less than many of the east and west coast “blue chip” MFM brands. Yet it also enjoys very good rankings among the 80+ programs in North America; and it is also housed in a prestigious Mathematics department ranked 9^th in the US for applied mathematics.  The cost of living can’t be beat when you compare it to programs in other major urban areas of the US.