Finance

Interested in stewarding an individual or company's money? Do you enjoy market research and data analysis? Are you detail oriented? Careers in finance exist in virtually every business venture, and financial service professionals help organizations and individuals better utilize all their resources and assets. Traditional employment opportunities for financial professionals exist in commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, and real estate partnerships. Finance graduates also find opportunities in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, service industries, and the non-profit sector.

The Jack C. Massey College of Business offers course instruction in every aspect of financial management, including managing investments, corporate projects, bank balance sheets, real estate development, insurance products, and international financial instruments. Finance faculty incorporate insights gained from their professional experience in financial planning, retail brokerage, investment consulting, and fee-based asset management into the classroom. As such, our students benefit from real-life business experience and practical application, as well as theoretical immersion.

Finance majors have access to the Massey Center for Financial Information – the Trading Lab – the first educational financial trading classroom in the State of Tennessee. Here, students collectively manage $700k of real equities and fixed income. Utilizing state-of-the-art equipment employed in top brokerage firms, students gain the hands-on experience needed to manage investment funds.

Whether your plans include becoming a financial planner or analyst, investment banker of even the CFO of a major company, if you enjoy the quantitative side of business, a major in finance at Belmont University could be the right avenue for you!