Finance
Our finance degree program covers the traditional areas of finance — corporate financial management, investment analysis, and financial institutions and markets. But it’s also built on a firm liberal arts foundation and reinforced by a values-based philosophy. This allows our students to learn how to tackle complex financial challenges with high professional and ethical standards and a broad-based perspective — giving them a clear, competitive advantage with employers seeking talent that can excel in today’s multifaceted business environment.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
Bachelor of Science in Finance
The Bachelor of Science in finance exposes students to the traditional areas of study within the discipline of finance: corporate finance, investments, and financial institutions. The department offers a variety of tracks which provides the opportunity to complete to specialize within the major. The finance program is designed to expose students to the traditional areas of study within the discipline of finance: corporate finance, investments, risk management, and financial institutions.
Finance Quant Track (FINq)
FINq provides the opportunity to complete the required finance courses with a greater focus on quantitative aspects of finance and an increased application of computer and statistical software and applications that includes Python, Excel, and other relevant tools. Finance majors are invited to apply to FINq in their first semester. Students with acceptable scores in AP calculus, AP statistics, and AP economics, and SAT (math) scores above 600 are strongly encouraged to apply for this track.
Finance Minor
Students may also choose to complement another program of study with a minor in finance, with approval of the School of Business undergraduate programs office and completion of six required finance courses and one finance elective.
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Run a real-money portfolio with the Student Managed Investment Fund
Track the market in real time in our finance lab equipped with Bloomberg terminals
Join the Student-Led Asset Management (SLAM) club to invest across a range of asset classes
FACULTY
About 20 accomplished individuals make up our faculty, bringing to our students a wealth of expertise and insight. Our faculty hold doctoral degrees from highly regarded universities such as the University of Georgia, the University of Texas, the University of South Florida, Syracuse University, and University of Massachusetts Amherst, and advanced degrees from universities that include Harvard University, McGill University, and Fordham University.
They have worked or consulted for a range of corporations, non-profits, and government agencies, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the World Bank, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the CFA Institute, the CAIA Association, Fitch Ratings, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup. Their work is published in a wide variety of high-quality peer reviewed journals.
IN THE NEWS
AFTER PC
The Providence College School of Business, home to the Department of Finance, is one of just 30% of U.S. business schools accredited by AACSB International. It’s also listed by Poets and Quants as being among the top undergraduate business schools in the nation. What’s more, nearly every PC Business graduate participates in at least one internship at esteemed organizations such as Fidelity Investments, GPS Investment Advisors, IMG, Signet Investment Group, Textron, and others positioning them well for post-graduate success.
96%
of 2019-2023 finance graduates are employed or attending graduate school
80%
are employed only
11%
are attending school only
5%
are employed and attending school
Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
Selected Places of Employment/Service
Aetna
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
Amica Mutual Insurance
Bain Capital
BlackRock
Citizens Bank
CVS Health
Dell EMC
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank
DraftKings
EY
Fidelity Investments
Goldman Sachs
Guggenheim Partners
John Hancock
KPMG
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Merrill Lynch
MLB
Oppenheimer
Prudential Financial
PwC
Raytheon
Schneider Electric
Sensata Technologies
State Street
UBS
United Healthcare
Vanguard
Wells Fargo
World Bank
Selected Graduate Schools
Arizona State University
Bentley University
Duke University
Fairfield University
New York Law School
New York University
Northeastern University
Providence College
Rutgers University
Saint Joseph’s University
Seton Hall University
Southern Methodist University
St. John’s University
Suffolk Law
Tulane University Law School
University of New Hampshire
University of Notre Dame
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
School of Business
Office Hours:
Academic Year: Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Summer: Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ryan Center for Business Studies 135
401.865.2332
pcsb@providence.edu