just curiously everyone's opinion on the MFE/math finance ranking in the US, specifically how you would rank them?
(remember that there is no independent ranking out there, a couple rankings are outdated, the latest 2009 quantnet ranking is baruch's own marketing platform, I can't comment on baruch program, but their marketing is indeed great.)
This following list is likely not the complete list, but should have the top 10-15 programs: (note that the list is not an sorted/ranked)
MIT
BU
Berkeley
UCLA
Princeton
Standford
Columbia
NYU
Cornell
Chicago
Brauch
GIT
UIUC
USC
UMich
Rutgers
UToronto
CMU
NC State
Claremont
Purdue
Kent State
IIT
GWU (George Washington)
Polytech
WPI
Florida State
My pick for top 10: (again, unordered)
MIT, Berkeley, UCLA, Princeton, Standford, Columbia, NYU, Cornell, CMU, Chicago
Free feel to reply with your own ranking and/or disagree with mine