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Placement Information

Students graduating with a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Columbia University will be able to consider a wide variety of opportunities for the next step in their career.

See below for a selection of student placements:


Job and Internship Placement

Consulting

Economic Consulting Firms

Analysis Group
Bates White
Charles River Associates
Compass Lexecon
Cornerstone Research
Criterion Economics
Economists Incorporated
Edgeworth Economics
NERA
Oxford Economics
Wolfe Research

Management Consulting Firms

A.T. Kearney
Accenture
Bain and Company
BDA Consulting
Boston Consulting Group
BPM
CDI Global – Mergers and Acquisitions
CNS Global Advisors
DIA Associates
Efficio
Ernst and Young
GEP Worldwide
Mazars USA LLP
McKinsey & Company
Moody’s Analytics
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Roland Berger
Simon-Kucher & Partners

Finance

U.S. Financial Institutions

Alliance Bernstein
American International Group (AIG)
Argus Merchant Services
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BlackRock
Capital One
Citibank
D.A. Davidson Companies
Evermark Capital
Exome Asset Management
Goldman Sachs
GroveStreet Advisors
HTSC Security Corporation
JP Morgan Institute
Novus Partners
NY Life Insurance and Securities
Palm Drive Capital
Point72 Asset Management
Principal Financial group
Prudential Financial
Sandton Capital Partners
Strategic Financial Solutions
Tekarra Capital Management
Tigress Financial Partners
UBS Global Wealth Management
Wellington Wealth Management
Wells Fargo
Zenity Asset Management

Foreign Financial Institutions

AXA Financial Advisors
China International Capital Corporation
China Merchants Bank
China Minsheng Bank
China Renaissance Capital Investment
China Securities (International) Finance Holding Company Limited (CSCI)
CITIC Securities Company Limited
CMC Holdings
CSOP Asset Management
Guosen Securities Investment Banking
H2 Equity Partners
Harvest Fund Management
Orient Futures International
Ovata Capital
Ping An Asset Management
Postal Savings Bank of China
Qatar National Bank/ Finasbank
Red Cliff Asset Management
Shenwan Lingxin Fund Management Co.
The People’s Bank of China
Wanda Group
Zheshang Venture Capital Co., Ltd.

Technology Industry

Akazam Wireless
Apple
CrossBorder Solutions
Google
Huawei Technologies Co.
IBM
Microsoft
Rockerbox
Shift Markets
TransferWise
XLP Capital

Other Industries

Government/Central Banks

Bank of Japan
Bank of Thailand
Development Bank of Singapore
Emirates National Oil Company
European Central Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Government of Singapore
Government of Thailand
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) of the People’s Republic of China
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
United States Air Force

International Research Organizations/Think Tanks/ Non-Profit

American Enterprise Institute
Center for American Progress
CFLD International
Insituto de Estudos em Saúde
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
NYC Economic Development Corporation
The Citizens Foundation (TCF)
Third Way
United Nations
World Bank


Research Assistant Positions

Institutions

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Columbia University
Columbia University, Business School
European Research Council (ERC)
Harvard University
Harvard University, Business School
Hong Kong University
Jain Family Institute
Luohan Academy
New York University
Northwestern University
Palo Alto Veterans Institue for Research
Stanford University
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
University of Chicago, Stigler Center
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania, The Warton School of Business
University of Zurich

PhD Program Placement

Universities

Programs in economics, unless otherwise noted

Class of 2016

Carnegie Mellon University (Business Technologies)
City University of New York
Columbia University
Columbia University – Business School (Business Strategy)
Cornell University
International Economics Graduate Institute of Geneva
Northwestern University (Finance)
The George Washington University Law School (JD/MPP)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
University of California-Los Angeles (Strategy)
University of Chicago-Booth School of Business
University of Michigan
University of Sydney

Class of 2017

Boston University
California Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Duke University (Public Policy & Economics)
London Business School (Finance)
National Institute of Development Administration
Princeton University
Texas A&M University
University College London
University of California – Davis
University of California – Los Angeles (Global Economics & Management)
University of Cambridge
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina
University of Queensland
University of Washington
Western University

Class of 2018

Brown University
Columbia University – Law School (JD)
Duke University (Finance)
Imperial College London (Finance)
University College London
University of British Columbia
University of California – Irvine (2)
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign (Business Administration)
University of North Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Virginia
University of Washington (Business Administration)
Zhejiang University

Class of 2019

Arizona State University
Boston College
Boston University
Columbia University
Georgetown University
Michigan State University
New York University
Syracuse University
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
University College London
University of Alabama (Finance)
University of California – Berkeley (Business and Public Policy)
University of Maryland
University of Southern California
University of Texas – Austin
University of Virginia (2)

Class of 2020

American University
Columbia University
George Washington University
Harvard University – Law School (JD)
Ohio State University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Tsinghua University
University of California-Irvine
University of California-Los Angeles (Global Economics & Management)
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland (Finance)
University of Rochester
University of Texas – Austin
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Washington University – St. Louis (Sociology)

Class of 2021

Arizona State University
Brandeis University (2)
Columbia University
Columbia University Business School in Corporate Finance ( Accounting Division)
Columbia University-Teachers College (Economics and Education)
Georgetown University
Hong Kong University (Urban Governance and Design)
University College London

Class of 2022

Arizona State University
Bocconi University
Boston University
Brown University
Columbia University
Harvard University (Sociology and Social Policy)
Ohio State University
Princeton University (Politics)
Purdue University
Rice University
Rutgers University
University of California – Santa Barbara
University of Chicago
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech (Statistics)
Yale
Yale (Finance)

Class of 2023

Boston University (Finance)
Columbia University
Indiana University
Harvard University
New York University
New York University (Information Systems)
University of California – Santa Barbara
University of Kansas (Finance)
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania – Wharton (Marketing)
University of Southern California
University of Southern California (Health Economics)
University of Texas – Austin
Yale (Political Science)


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1022 International Affairs Building (IAB)

Mail Code 3308

420 West 118th Street

New York, NY 10027

Ph: (212) 854-3680
Fax: (212) 854-0749
Business Hours:
Mon–Fri, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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