QMSA Alumni
Fifteen graduates of the 2019-2024 cohorts, including one student from the 2024 cohort, have been accepted by doctoral programs in sociology, public policy, finance, management, education/human developments, law, political science/economy, or marketing at leading universities including the University of Chicago, Princeton University, Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, 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 2024
Xiaolong Bai
Xintong Cai
Yuhan Chen
Kangcheng He
Minjun Lee
Tianyu Qiao
Jack Vasilopoulos
Runlin Wang
Ziyang Xie
Yuan Yuan
Rui Zhou
Zoey Zhou
Class of 2023

Zachary Goldstein

Keyi Jiang

Jesse Zhou

Ujjwal Sehrawat

Shamil Khedgikar

Vladimir Novikov
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
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.”