Duke's Ms Statistical and Econ Modeling

[coco_shp]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has advice or information about the quality, acceptance rate and overall experience with the Masters in Statistical and Economic Modeling in Duke. Do you think is a good stepping stone for either a PhD in Economics or Statistics in a good program, especially for an international student?

Also, if one decides not to pursue a PhD, is it easy to find a good job with this degree.

I would appreciate any info, since I can't find any in the Internet.

Thanks a lot!!

[anon123]

From what I understand this program was only recently launched, so there's no data available [no pun intend] regarding how graduates have fared in their job search or applications to graduate school.

 

The program looks like it shares around 50% of the coursework with the Duke masters in econ, which is an established program with a lot of information available: http://econ.duke.edu/masters-program/placement

[lukj]

I applied this year, got an acceptance, but declined the offer.  The big reason was that they told me explicitly that there'd be no funding for MSEM students (even though they indicated otherwise on their website), and it's quite expensive.  The acceptance rate was quite low, around 7%.