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Simon | At Simon Business School, a master’s degree is about more than a credential.

It’s about a new level of clarity.

MS IN ­ MS IN MS IN MARKETING MS IN BUSINESS Unabashedly analytical. Intentionally collaborative. All the opportunities ACCOUNTANCY FINANCE ANALYTICS ANALYTICS and encouragement you need to reflect, refine, and take risks. p. 4 p. 8 p. 12 p. 16 That’s how clarity takes shape at Simon. The result: You see sharper. And you can get to the heart of any problem. COMPARE OUR MS PROGRAMS

INTERNSHIP TRACK OPTION DO MORE AVAILABLE FOR ALL PROGRAMS. WITH NUMBERS MSA MSF MSMA MSBA THAN CRUNCH THEM. MS IN ACCOUNTANCY MS IN FINANCE MS IN MARKETING ANALYTICS MS IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS BUSINESS RUNS ON BIG DATA. But business also needs people PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS who can turn that data into fresh insights and smart strategy. That’s • Positive Accounting • Quantitative Finance with • Digital Marketing Strategy • Big Data Research Concepts and Python • Pricing Analytics • Data Management for why Simon master’s degree programs are about much more than Empirical Analysis Tools • Investments • Pricing Policies Analytics giving you an impressive technical toolkit. We want to open up big • Applied Financial Statement • Risk Management • Predictive and Causal • Spreadsheet Modeling Using career possibilities for you. Analysis with Data Analytics • Options and Futures with Analytics in R Excel for MS • Academic experience Python • Consumer and Brand • Predictive Analytics qualification for Research with Python You’ll be taught by professors who are transforming finance, State economics, accounting, analytics, marketing, and pricing. You’ll learn CPA exam how to see and communicate data differently. And you’ll graduate

ready to frame more incisive questions, uncover patterns, and use PROFESSIONAL CLUB PROFESSIONAL CLUBS PROFESSIONAL CLUBS PROFESSIONAL CLUB data to persuade and inspire. Simon Accounting Association Simon Finance & Simon Data Analytics Simon Data Analytics Investment Club Simon Marketing Association Simon School Venture Fund Simon Pricing Association

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45 students 185 students 75 students 150 students

MS CLASS OF 2020 CAREER OUTCOMES CAREER OUTCOMES CAREER OUTCOMES CAREER OUTCOMES PROFILE • Public accounting • Corporate finance • Market research • Revenue management • Corporate accounting • • Sales analytics • Data consulting • Audit • Risk management • Pricing • Data analytics countries of origin women months of work experience 15 63% 7 EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATE 6 Months Post-Graduation, 6 Months Post-Graduation, 6 Months Post-Graduation, 6 Months Post-Graduation, 2019 2019 2019 2019 GMAT GPA 100% 92% 98% 95% 640–720 3.0–3.8 (Middle 80% Range) (Middle 80% Range)

STEM DESIGNATION CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS International MS students qualify With more than 30, Simon gives you plenty for a 24-month extension of their + of options to belong and lead. You can also OPT (Optional Practical Training), collaborate with MBA students in any of our with the option to work for up to 30 graduate-level clubs and participate in three years without H1B visa CLUBS Simon VISION Consulting, where you gain sponsorship. experience working with real companies.

2 3 BUILD ON OUR STRENGTHS: Our program qualifies you to sit for the New York State CPA exam—but goes far beyond ordinary test preparation. Simon’s leadership in accounting, economics, and finance means you’ll be learning from some of the world’s best professors. You’ll gain deeper insights into what’s on the horizon for auditing, regulations, and financial analysis. In addition to your classwork, the Benet CMC offers co-curricular programming to support your career search.

MSA STUDY PLAN Applied Financial Core Statistics for MS Professional MS in Accountancy | A new level of clarity. Statement Analysis Students Using R Communications with Data Analytics MSA Financial Reporting I & II Programming for Analytics Auditing I & II Managerial Accounting Research into Professional Basic Business Law and Performance Accounting Standards Measurement Basic Federal Income Tax 1 Elective Accounting Positive Accounting Accurate as of June 2020 Research Concepts and Basic Income Tax– Empirical Analysis Tools Business Entities and INTERNSHIP TRACK Gift/Estate Taxes AVAILABLE

“I SHARE MY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE WITH STUDENTS, THEY BRING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE to the material, and it’s a rich exchange all the way around.” SAMPLE OF 2019 HIRING COMPANIES Accenture of Communications Everbright Bank GLENN HUELS Deloitte Clinical Associate Professor Exxon Mobile Corporation of Accounting EY Teaching interests: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Introductory and advanced accounting; tax and business STEM DESIGNATION Johnson & Johnson strategy INTERNATIONAL KPMG LLP STUDENTS CAN WORK Experience: Vice President— Mars, Incorporated IN THE US FOR UP TO Tax for Bausch & Lomb Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 36 MONTHS ON A PwC STUDENT VISA. Royal Business Bank

4 5 The Simon MSA JACOB WITTIG ’20 MS in Accountancy

From:

“WE TEACH CAREER Co-curriculars: Simon Data SKILLS THAT Analytics Club, Simon Sports Headed to: PwC, Audit Associate

WILL andLAST prepare you to be a leader A LIFETIMEin the accounting world.”

“One of my favorite classes at Simon has

HEIDI TRIBUNELLA been Programming for Analytics. This was a Clinical Professor of Accounting; Faculty Director of MS in Accountancy Program Teaching interests: GREAT OPPORTUNITY Introductory accounting; health care cost accounting for me to get EXPOSURE TO PROGRAMMING that I Experience: Auditor for two national firms; manager of did not have much of before. Technology will be part of my financial reporting for two health future, care companies so learning more and being challenged now will be beneficial in the long run.”

6 7 NO. MS IN FINANCE3 PROGRAM IN THE US Financial Times, 2020

MS in Finance | A new level of clarity. LEARN FROM THE BEST: Leading scholars teach our quantitatively MSF rigorous program, and our Khani-de Silva Investment Lab lets you monitor and analyze real-time financial market data. In addition to Financial Times ranking Simon’s MS in Finance program in the top 10 in the US for more than five years, Simon faculty continue to make their mark as founders and editors of some of the world’s most highly acclaimed business publications, including the Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Monetary Economics. To complement your classwork, the Benet CMC offers co-curricular programming to support your career search.

MSF STUDY PLAN Applied Finance Project Intro to Python/Statistics Spreadsheet Modeling Using Excel for MS Corporate Finance Investments 1 Elective Corporate Financial Options and Futures with Accounting Python Accurate as of June 2020 Financial Statement Analysis Professional Communications INTERNSHIP TRACK Fixed Income Securities Quantitative Finance with AVAILABLE Python Foundations in Financial Economics Risk Management

SAMPLE OF 2019 HIRING COMPANIES (BOC) BlackRock, Inc. Bloomberg L.P. China International Capital Corporation Limited China Securities Co., Ltd. (CSC) Inc. Deloitte Estée Lauder Inc. STEM DESIGNATION INTERNATIONAL HSBC Group STUDENTS CAN WORK JPMorgan Chase & Co. IN THE US FOR UP TO Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. 36 MONTHS ON A STUDENT VISA. Procter & Gamble Bank

8 9 The Simon MSF JAMIE-HUGH BROWN ’19 MS in Finance

From: Jamaica

“AT SIMON YOU STUDY WITH PROFESSORS WHO Citigroup Assistant Vice President— Financial Solutions Senior ORIGINATED THE Analyst RESEARCH. We want you to understand these ideas and use them in the real world.”

“I CHOSE SIMON BECAUSE I WANTED TO DEVELOP AN

GREGORY BAUER Associate Dean of Full-Time Programs; Alumni Professor in Honor of Michael J. Barclay; Clinical Professor of Finance ANALYTICAL Teaching interests: The diverse Macroeconomics; international finance student population Teaching Award Winner: 2010–14, 2016, 2018, 2019 MINDSET. that the school PhD: University of Pennsylvania promoted was also a major draw for me.” 10 11 CONNECT WITH CONSUMERS: Every decision that drives the digital marketplace is rooted in data generated by the consumer journey. At Simon you’ll learn strategies to make you the go-to person for evidence- based information, insights, and answers. In addition to your classwork, the Benet CMC offers co-curricular programming to support your career search.

MSMA STUDY PLAN Analytics Design and Predictive and Causal INTERNSHIP TRACK Applications Analytics in R AVAILABLE Core Statistics for MS Students Pricing Policies Using R MS in Marketing Analytics | A new level of clarity. Professional Communications Data Management, Warehousing Programming for Analytics MSMA and Visualization Spreadsheet Modeling Using Economics and Marketing Excel for MS Strategy for MS Students 4 Electives Marketing Analytics Project Accurate as of June 2020

“OUR STUDENTS ARE GREAT AT USING THE LATEST SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMING TO MAKE

SENSE OF SAMPLE OF 2019 HIRING COMPANIES Limited Bank of China (BOC) CONSUMER ByteDance Ltd. Caixin Global Limited DATA. Cargill, Incorporated China Pacific Insurance Co., Ltd. YUFENG HUANG It’s a talent that definitely sets Discover Bank (Discover Financial Assistant Professor Services) of Marketing them apart in the job market.” Disney Research interests: Platform IBM China design, pricing, and STEM DESIGNATION e-commerce; quantitative INTERNATIONAL L’Oréal marketing and empirical STUDENTS CAN WORK Pinduoduo industrial organization IN THE US FOR UP TO Tesla PhD: Tilburg University 36 MONTHS ON A Wayfair LLC STUDENT VISA. WE Codeword Wyndham Destinations

12 13 The Simon MSMA JIAXUE (ROSELYN) YU ’19 “STUDENTS AT SIMON ARE MS in Marketing Analytics GENUINELY EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING From: China Christian Dior AND AREN’T AFRAID TO TACKLE Client Development REALISTIC, Coordinator COMPLEX, AND MESSY PROBLEMS. Working with them is very rewarding.”

“Before Simon, I was experienced in marketing but lacked analytical skills. The MS in Marketing Analytics program offered multiple

MITCH LOVETT Associate Professor of COURSES AND CASE STUDIES THAT Marketing Teaching interests: Marketing research; advertising strategy; consumer behavior PhD: Duke University EMPOWERED ME with data analysis skills that act as the basis of my current role in CRM marketing, which is focused on consumer behavior and transaction data.” 14 15 “WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS PROBLEM- SOLVING CONCEPTS that can be implemented MSBAMS in Business Analytics | A new level of clarity. anywhere they go.”

DON’T JUST GATHER DATA—MAXIMIZE IT. Our expertise in analytics, coupled with our economics-based curriculum, gives you the theories and practical frameworks to be a sought-after analyst. We provide training in Python, R, and Tableau to help you leverage the big-data insights that companies need. In addition to your classwork, the Benet CMC offers co-curricular programming to support your career search.

MSBA STUDY PLAN Analytics Design and Professional Communications Applications Programming for Analytics Business Analytics Project Social Media and Text Analytics Core Statistics for MS Students Spreadsheet Modeling Using Using R Excel for MS Data Management, 3 Electives Warehousing and Visualization Accurate as of June 2020 Economics and Marketing Strategy for MS Students INTERNSHIP TRACK Predictive Analytics with AVAILABLE Python Predictive and Causal Analytics in R

SAMPLE OF 2019 HIRING COMPANIES FedEx Goldman Sachs RICKY ROET-GREEN Honda R&D Americas, LLC Assistant Professor of HSBC Group Operations Management Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. and Computer IRI Information Systems STEM DESIGNATION Nestlé Waters Research interests: INTERNATIONAL PayPal, Inc. Operations management; STUDENTS CAN WORK Procter & Gamble service systems; game theory IN THE US FOR UP TO PwC PhD: Tel Aviv University 36 MONTHS ON A Wayfair LLC STUDENT VISA. Wyndham Destinations ZS

16 17 The Simon MSBA HUAXIA RUI RUOXI LIU ’19 Professor of Computers & MS in Business Analytics Information Systems; Professor of Computers & From: China Information Systems Research interests: Social Media Storm media; health information Data Analyst—Data Science technology; optimal contract and Advanced Analytics design PhD: University of Texas at Austin

“We’re constantly changing our course materials to reflect the changing business environment. I bring my social media research into my class “I found this TO GIVE STUDENTS program particularly HEAVY EXPERIENCE WITH well-suited to my career EMPHASIS ON REAL-WORLD pursuits due SITUATIONS.” to its APPLICATION. Simon is committed to creating an inclusive community that helps its students succeed.”

18 19 Your Simon master’s degree is also a degree from the University of ONE OF ONLY 131 20+ COMPANIES Rochester, one of the world’s leading private research universities. 13 PULITZER PRIZE UNIVERSITIES IN FORMED WITH HOME TO THE UR is known for outstanding programs in the arts and sciences, WINNERS IN DRAMA, THE US CLASSIFIED UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONALLY AS R1 FOR VERY ROCHESTER MEDICAL engineering, medicine, and music, and has a long-standing focus HISTORY, MUSIC, RENOWNED EASTMAN AND POETRY HIGH RESEARCH CENTER TECHNOLOGIES SCHOOL OF MUSIC on data science. Our motto, Meliora (“ever better”), expresses the ACTIVITY (2019) SINCE 2008 university’s commitment to invention and innovation, fueled by hard work and imagination.

There are plenty of locations on and off EVER campus, such as Glen Edith Coffee Roasters in the Neighborhood of the Arts, to work and collaborate on projects with teammates while BETTER. taking in the sights of Rochester.

TOP NO. TOP MOST INNOVATIVE20 CITY IN THE US MOST AFFORDABLE1 MAJOR BEST PLACES 15TO LIVE IN THE BASED ON PATENT REGISTRATION HOUSING MARKET IN THE US US FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ADVANCED DEGREES Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey (2020) U.S. News & World Report (2019) 24/7 Wall St. (2018) 20 21 AKSHAT VYAS ’18 MINGYI CHEN ’16 MS in Marketing Analytics MS in Finance

From: India From: China

Wayfair, LLC J.P. Morgan Business Intelligence Analyst Analyst

“My overall experience at Simon empowered me to reach higher and to seek those opportunities that seemed really distant to me when I was an “The way we find jobs in the US is undergraduate student, such as landing my definitely different from what I was dream job as an investment banking analyst used to. The Benet CMC helped me at a world-class bank.” get acclimated to the culture here, which was very helpful.”

WITH OVER 18,000 GRADUATES IN MORE THAN 80 COUNTRIES, SIMON’S ALUMNI CONNECTED. NETWORK IS NEVER FAR AWAY.

“The technical curriculum and classes specifically designed for communicating business decisions create the perfect environment for students to have a competitive edge in the job market.”

“Simon was an amazing return on investment —I got the best education for my dollar.”

MENGRAN (BECKY) XIE ’18 SHAWN HENDERSON ’17 MS in Business Analytics MS in Accountancy

From: China From: United States

PayPal, Inc. KPMG LLP Senior Data Scientist Tax Associate MSF WHERE WE MS IN FINANCE

EMPLOYMENT % RATE 6 MONTHS 92 POST-GRADUATION

GO. MEAN BASE SALARY PLUS SIGN-ON BONUS $65,300 FOR GRADUATES HIRED IN THE US (According to U.S. News & World Report Calculations) MSA MS IN ACCOUNTANCY CLASS OF 2019 CICC-Qianhai Development Co., Ltd. PwC MSF HIRING COMPANIES: Fund Management Co., Ltd. Highwater Capital Group Redstar Macalline Citigroup, Inc. HSBC Group Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Agricultural Bank of China Clinical Pharmacogenetics HuaJin Securities Co., Ltd Shenzhen Qianhai Huxing (ABC) Implementation Consortium Co., Ltd Asset Management Co., Ltd. Allied Irish , p.l.c. (CPIC®) Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Small & Medium Alpha Holding, S.A. de C.V. Credibility Capital Inc. Huaxia Bank Co., Ltd. Enterprises Credit Financing EMPLOYMENT Bank of China (BOC) Deloitte IFC (International Finance Guarantee Group Co., Ltd % RATE 6 MONTHS BDA Partners DH Fund Management Corporation) SS&C Technologies, Inc. 100 POST-GRADUATION BDO USA, LLP Doliver Advisors Industrial and Commercial Bank of Standard Chartered Bank Benchmark Education Dongxing Securities Co., Ltd. China Limited StratOP Group Company EagleView Technologies, Inc. International Flavors & Fragrances Suning.com Co., Ltd. BlackRock, Inc. E Fund Management Co., Ltd Inc. The Buckingham Research MEAN BASE SALARY PLUS SIGN-ON BONUS Bloomberg L.P. Empire Valuation Consultants International Innovation Center of Group Incorporated $43,800 FOR GRADUATES HIRED IN THE US Cadilus Inc. Essence Securities Co., Ltd. Tsinghua University, Shanghai The Fulcrum Group (According to U.S. News & World Report Calculations) Carta, Inc. Estée Lauder Inc. JPMorgan Chase & Co. The People’s Bank of China China Everbright Limited Evalueserve Kalachakra, Inc. Tianfeng Securities Co., Ltd. China Great Wall Securities EY Kunyuan International Group Ltd. Tiger Global Management Co., Ltd. Fei and Li Import and Export Lakala Internet Industrial Timberwind Capital Partners China International Capital Trading, Llc Investment Fund TRG Capital Management, Inc. CLASS OF 2019 Corporation Limited First Capital Securities Co., Ltd. LuoShu Investments TZG Partners MSA HIRING COMPANIES: China Life Asset Flatiron School Management Solutions Univest Management Company Freddie Mac Masterlink Securities Corporation VENTURE.co Holdings, Inc. Accenture Haitou Global Robert Half International Inc. Limited Frost & Sullivan Meridian Capital China WebBank American International Group, H&C Food Inc. Royal Business Bank Gavin/Solmonese LLC Ministry of Industry and Winward International, Inc. Inc. (AIG) Hesion Consulting RuiHua Certified Public Accountants China Merchants Securities Global Association of Risk Information Technology Wishare Media Group Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. SAP Co., Ltd. Professionals Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. Woodlake Group Chengdu Weifu Industrial Co., Ltd. Ipsos Search Fund Accelerator GM China Morgan Stanley YJ Capital China Renaissance Co., Ltd. Jiangmen Jiangyi Industrial Co., Ltd. Sotomayor & Associates, LLP Goldman Sachs Mu Sigma York Risk Services Group, Inc. China Road and Bridge GTJA Investment Group Co., Ltd. Zheshang Securities Co., Ltd. China Guangfa Bank Co., Ltd. Johnson & Johnson The Co., Ltd. Corporation Guangfa Securities Pacific Consulting Group Zhongshan Securities Co.,Ltd. Deloitte KPMG LLP US Cabinet Depot China Securities Co., Ltd. Company Company of Exxon Mobil Corporation Mars, Incorporated Wei Wei & Co., LLP Chowbus Limited China, Ltd. EY Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Williams Tan & Associates, Inc. CIBC Guotai Junan Securities Procter & Gamble FunCtion Capital PwC

24 FULL-TIME MS CLASS OF 2019 This data includes MS graduates from August 2018 to June 2019. All figures are accurate as of December 9, 2019. 25 WHERE WE MSBA MS IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS

EMPLOYMENT 95% RATE 6 MONTHS GO. POST-GRADUATION MSMA MS IN MARKETING MEAN BASE SALARY PLUS SIGN-ON BONUS ANALYTICS $79,100 FOR GRADUATES HIRED IN THE US (According to U.S. News & World Report Calculations)

EMPLOYMENT % RATE 6 MONTHS 98 POST-GRADUATION

CLASS OF 2019 MEAN BASE SALARY PLUS SIGN-ON BONUS MSBA HIRING COMPANIES: $63,700 FOR GRADUATES HIRED IN THE US (According to U.S. News & World Report Calculations) 1010Data, Inc. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 51datahome IRI Allstate Insurance Company Lions Financial CLASS OF 2019 Discover Bank (Discover Mini-Circuits Amazon.com, Inc. MaxDecisions, Inc. MSMA HIRING COMPANIES: ) National Renewable Energy Laboratory Ameriprise Financial, Inc. McKinsey & Company Disney NURA USA Beike Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Media Assembly adidas America Inc. ESRI (Environmental Systems Pefin Advisors, LLC Capital One Nestlé Waters Air China Limited Research Institute, Inc.) Pinduoduo Carnival Corporation PayPal, Inc. Analytic Partners Etsy, Inc. , Inc. ChenMed LLC Procter & Gamble Bank of China (BOC) FUN-GI GAMES LLC Serko Limited (Zeno) China Insurance Security Fund Co., Ltd PwC BP GoodRx, Inc. Terakeet Comcast Safe Auto Group Agency, Inc. Breakthrough Marketing Google Tesla Condé Nast SAP Technology Hearts & Science TriNet Group, Inc. Corning Incorporated Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc Broadbeam Media Horizon Media, Inc. United Parcel Service of America, Inc. Ctrip.com Teel Yes ByteDance Ltd. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. University of California - Berkeley Daraz.pk UJA-Federation of New York Caixin Global Limited IBM China Company Limited Wayfair LLC Deloitte Volkswagen Consulting Cargill, Incorporated Incipia Weber Shandwick, inc. Factspan Wayfair LLC Changzhou Huankang Medical L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. WE Codeword FedEx Westlake Financial, LLC. Instrument Co., Ltd. L’Oréal Wenba.ca FeedMob WeWork Companies Inc. China Pacific Insurance Co., Ltd. Mavis Discount Tire Wyndham Destinations Goldman Sachs Wyndham Destinations China Telecom Americas Mayi Tours ZLZK HALO Wynn Resorts Holdings, LLC. Daily Mail MediaMath, Inc. Honda R&D Americas, LLC Zoetis Didi Global Metlife HSBC Group ZS

26 FULL-TIME MS CLASS OF 2019 This data includes MS graduates from August 2018 to June 2019. All figures are accurate as of December 9, 2019. 27 GET TO KNOW US. Questions about the program or what makes the most effective application? We’re ready to help you APPLY. every step of the way. simon.rochester.edu/apply

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