Rankings from Poets&Quants, 2026.
Marian’s finance program combines classroom learning with hands-on experience. You’ll analyze financial data, develop investment strategies, and work on actual industry case studies—gaining the skills that set you apart in internships, interviews, and your career.
- Investments: Manage an investment portfolio, present to stakeholders and learn investment skills from Austin Crites, CFA.
- Internships: 100% of students complete at least one finance internship.
- Mergers and acquisitions: Conduct actual industry consulting exercises such as identifying and analyzing acquisition targets for clients such as Eli Lilly, Danaher, Cummins, and Elanco.
- Competitions: Compete in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) research challenge. In 2026 we placed 2nd to the University of Notre Dame and we are the 2022 CFA State Champions.
What you’ll learn
The 128-credit finance degree includes general education, business and finance core courses, and electives.
Old National Bank (ONB), Indiana’s largest bank, has partnered with Marian University to offer students access to ONB’s Real Life Finance digital platform.
The Bisigne Acuere Society is a distinctive investments program under the guidance of Austin Crites, CFA. Students will apply the knowledge provided by financial research in asset pricing, behavioral finance, agency costs, and market efficiency and incorporate it into their analysis, portfolio management techniques, and recommendations.