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Finance Major

Crunch the Numbers, Craft Your Future.

With a finance degree from Marian University, you’ll develop the skills to analyze markets, create effective financial plans, and lead with confidence. Our hands-on approach and expert faculty prepare you to drive real-world results in banking, investing, corporate finance, and more. 

Why you should choose a major in finance 

Marian’s finance program combines classroom learning with hands-on experience. You’ll analyze financial data, develop investment strategies, and work on real-world case studies—gaining the skills that set you apart in internships, interviews, and your first job. 

  • Investments: Manage an investment portfolio, present to stakeholders and learn investment skills from Austin Crites, Past President and Chair of the Indianapolis CFA Society. 
  • Internships: 100 percent of our students complete one finance internship. 
  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Conduct real-world 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. 

What you’ll learn

Our 128-credit finance degree includes general education, our business core, and required and elective courses in the finance major. 

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. 

Careers in finance

Finance majors choose from rewarding careers as investment bankers, financial managers, insurance agents, personal financial planners, security analysts, and stock brokers, among others. They work at banks, government agencies, consulting firms, insurance companies, small businesses, global Fortune 500 corporations, and nonprofit organizations. 

The average starting salary is $59,155 

Career paths include: 

  • Securities, commodities, or financial services agent 
  • Budget analyst 
  • Financial analyst 
  • Financial advisor 
  • Financial manager,  
  • Actuary 
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Customize your degree with specializations

Many of Marian’s finance majors choose a double-major in accounting, although some choose business analytics, marketing, or management. 

Specializations include:   

  • Insurance  
  • Entrepreneurship  
  • Professional Selling 

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