BS in Finance

No organization, large or small, can function without the analytical tools used by financial professionals to formulate budgets, and by analysts to project future earnings and valuation. In our program, we’ll teach you the comprehensive skills necessary to manage assets wisely and pursue a career in corporate financial management, personal financial advising or in the banking industry. You’ll also acquire hands-on experience working in our Terry W. Goodwin ‘67 Financial Technology Center, where you can conduct trading simulations, develop financial models and analyze historic and real-time economic data as part of in-class activities.

To gain further practical knowledge, you’ll have internship opportunities as well as a chance to participate in the $1.6 million Student Managed Portfolio, an investment portfolio managed exclusively by students. Our finance program’s curriculum covers much of the material required by the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute’s Level I exam.

If you’re interested in exploring extracurricular opportunities related to finance, you can join Quinnipiac’s student Investment Club, which hosts speakers, sponsors investment challenges that help develop crucial networking and leadership skills.  Select students also participate in inter-collegiate competitions, such as the CFA Institute’s Investment Research Challenge, the Rotman International Trading Competition and the Federal Reserve’s Fed Challenge. 

Internships play a significant role in building a professional demeanor and making contacts in and around the finance industry. Thanks to a deep network of partnerships and our close proximity to New York and Boston, our students have an opportunity to intern with some of the most respected companies and organizations in the surrounding area.

The first impressions our students give are lasting ones, and the companies they intern for recognize them for their work ethic, adaptability and creativity. In many cases, they are offered full-time positions by the end of their internships, or upon graduation.