Cornell is a top 10 "quant" school -- schools offering degree programs training quantitative analysts for work in financial markets -- according to Advanced Trading magazine.

Cornell's master of engineering with a financial engineering concentration, offered by the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, was lauded by the magazine for the quality of its academic program and rate of job placement.

It made note of Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan (CFEM), home to the program's final semester. Located on Broad Street in lower Manhattan and led by Director Victoria Averbukh, the program lets students "learn directly from Wall Street practitioners and participate in various networking events."

In addition, the magazine noted, CFEM's broadcasting system allows for interactive seminars and lectures between the main Ithaca campus and the Manhattan campus.

"Weekly guest lectures by Wall Street professionals enhance the practitioner-taught curriculum, which is updated every year to respond to the changing demands of the financial services industry," the magazine noted.