Build Your Career in Asset Management

MS in Wealth and Asset Management Career Prospects


Get the coaching and guidance you need to find the right career path with your master’s degree in wealth and asset management.

Careers in the field of wealth and asset management allow you to provide analysis, planning and risk management. Your partner on your career journey is WashU’s Center for Career Engagement. The center is dedicated to helping you find a meaningful, successful professional career, providing coaching, skills training, career planning and access to a global community of business leaders, recruiters, influencer networks and WashU alumni.

An Olin MS in Wealth Asset Management Pays Off


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$55,200

median base salary

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72%

employment rate

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$3,500

median monthly internship salary

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52%

employed in North America

for specialized master's students seeking employment

Career-Oriented Clubs


Career-Oriented Clubs: Find likeminded students and share valuable information by joining finance clubs. Beta Alpha Psi, open to students and professionals in the finance area, is a nationally recognized honor organization that’s historically run by finance students.

Learn more about student clubs

MGT 537: Financial Industry Platform


This unique course, offered exclusively to finance students, brings a diverse group of speakers to share their professional experiences within the finance industry across the global markets in the United States and China.

Olin has a good course plan that prepared me for future career challenges. The career center has a lot of great people and resources to help us with resumes and networking.

—Zhaojun Wang, MS in Finance, Wealth and Asset Management, 2023

Employers That Hire


Lockerdome, SSM Health, Capital One, HSBC Securities, China Merchants Securities, CITIC Securities Company Limited, PwC China

Employment by Function


See how our graduates put their degrees and skills to work by job function.

Function % of graduates
Finance 67%
Accounting 8%
Business/Data Analytics 8%
Marketing/Sales 8%
Consulting 5%
Operations/Logistics 3%
Other 3%

Job Titles

  • Account Manager
  • Equity Trader
  • Derivative Intern Trader
  • Private Equity Analyst Intern
  • Junior Consultant

Desired Skills

  • Verbal/Written Communication
  • Mathematical Ability
  • Presentation Skills
  • Attention to Detail
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Critical Thinking
  • Decision-Making
  • Professional Skepticism

Read more of our Employment Report