QMSA Alumni
PhD Placement
Eleven graduates of the 2019-2023 cohorts, including one student from the 2023 cohort, have been accepted by doctoral programs in sociology, public policy, finance, management, education/human developments, law, political science, or marketing at leading universities including the University of Chicago, Princeton University, Yale University, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, McMaster University, the University of Toronto, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Texas-Austin, the University of Hong Kong, UCLA, UCSB, UC Berkeley, UC Riverside, Peking University, among others.
Class of 2022
Gregory Fauerbach
Rayski Lei
Tianli Li
Xiaoqiao Li
John Wang
Roy Xiao
Tangtang Yang
Huifang Zuo
Zachary L. Hertz
Jinxuan Shi
Yiqi Zhu
Yulin Bai
Class of 2021
Mingming Cui
Mengde Dai
Ye Joon Lee
Yunzhen Liang
Amanda Peters
Haoyu Shi
Isaac Huang
Yihan Luo
Class of 2020
Xin Feng
Kejing Li
Ryan Wang
Tianyi Qian
Sharon Shen
Xiaoping Wu
Daejin Kim
Yujiao Song
William Chen
Class of 2019 Testimonials
“I was attracted to the program because of the University’s reputation, the great faculty members that are in the program, and the scholarship opportunities. The program’s workshops have prepared me well for my career pursuits.”
“I chose the QMSA program because of its low faculty-student ratio, its interdisciplinary and research-oriented characteristics, as well as its STEM visa.”
“The program strengthened my technical, communication, and statistical skills. It also equipped me with many of the skills needed for research.”
“The coding and programming training that I received has aided me in quantitative work. Also, the varied types of research questions and methodology that I was exposed to allow me to quickly learn new statistical tools.”
“The research methods course that I had to take as QMSA electives helped me to develop the skills needed for a MA thesis and enabled me to prepare for PhD applications.”
“I am attracted to QMSA because the program further develops my analytical skills and allows me to pursue my interest in behavioral science”
“As a student of psychology, the QMSA program proved to be the most suitable options for me. The quantitative aspects of the program prepared me well for my career.”
“I chose the QMSA program because it can provide an ideal mix of rigorous training in economics, political science, and statistics. I was exposed to a slew of topics from consumer theory to electoral competition to regularization methods across those fields. I’d like to believe the coursework laid a strong foundation for rigorous quantitative research in the years to come.”
“The economic courses that I took in the program have prepared me well for future careers.”