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Students collaborating in a finance curriculum class

Finance major

The finance major includes study in four main areas:

  1. Corporate finance involves analyzing the profitability of new prospects in which a corporation may invest and decide how to raise money for the corporation (debt, equity, retained earnings).
  2. Investments involves determining what fraction of your money to put into stocks, bonds, and other investments in order to obtain the highest amount of return per amount of risk taken.
  3. Banking involves analyzing whether various loan applicants are sufficiently credit worthy to assure loan repayment as well as other issues in managing a bank or financial intermediary.
  4. International finance involves working in finance outside of the United States or working in finance in the US arm of a multinational corporation.

What are the career possibilities with a finance major?

Options include financial analyst at a corporation, broker at an investment firm, loan officer at a bank, stock broker, insurance agent, or real estate agent.

How to apply

Major requirements

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You can work toward becoming a CFA charterholder while pursuing your degree at Kelley—a Chartered Financial Analyst Program Partner.

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