Invest in your Future with Expertise in Finance from Gannon University
Perhaps no skill in business is more essential than the determination of value. Gannon’s finance concentration will help you learn key financial theories and management strategies from stock market simulations to portfolio management, and apply what you’ve learned through internships, service-learning projects and collaborations with clients operating in the Center for Business Ingenuity. You’ll be well prepared upon graduation to apply your ethical financial leadership in careers that give back to communities.
- Learn from faculty experts who hold extensive professional business experience in their fields.
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Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.- Enjoy program flexibility that lets you obtain two majors in four years and a Master of Business Administration in one additional year.
Learn to Lead the Way in Finance
- Become immersed in the latest methods and strategies of how to value projects, investments, companies and entire industry sectors.
- Master the ethical ways that individuals and businesses efficiently invest, allocate financial resources and raise needed capital.
- Develop foundations in financial management, financial markets, financial institutions, investments, security analysis, portfolio management and financial modeling and planning.
Experience an Exceptional Learning Environment
- The program’s location in the Center for Business Ingenuity gives you access to valuable local and national internships and service-learning projects through the Small Business Development Center, Erie Technology Incubator, and Northwest Pennsylvania
Beehive Network.
- Compete in the CFA Research Challenge and the CFA Collegiate Personal Finance Planning Competition.
- Participate in the Student Investment Trust Club to apply concepts learned in class to real-world investing and trust fund management.
Inspire Your Academic Success
Gain real-world knowledge through key finance courses including:
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management: Determine the value of an enterprise based on fundamental business factors and learn to select investment portfolios that achieve long-term financial objectives.
Financial Models: Integrate finance, accounting, statistics and computer skills to develop project financing, pricing, financial statements and valuation models using Excel.
Retirement and Estate Planning: Gain financial planning skills and knowledge needed to choose and develop retirement and estate plans that meet an individual’s financial objectives.
Achieve the Possibilities
Students will gain a high-quality education that enables success in the rigors of graduate school or a future profession. Through an array of program opportunities, you can:
- Develop your expertise in a program that has strong ties to local industries and nonprofits that provide opportunities for guest speakers, internships and project work.
- Join the 80% of program alumni who are employed in the field just one year after graduation or others who are pursuing graduate education.
- Earn an average median salary that ranges from $81,590 to $129,890 for financial analysts, advisers and managers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.