Finance
Available as a major or minor
Finance majors develop in-demand skills that enable them to analyze data and make sound decisions in a fast-moving economic landscape. Graduates join a workforce with numerous career paths, strong salary outlooks and a growing need for skilled financial professionals, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics projections.
Our program offers a strong foundation in financial instruments, decision-making and ethics. Students then can choose between two tracks with different strategic focuses: corporate finance and personal financial planning.
Our personal financial planning track is a Certified Financial Planner Board Registered Program. That distinction means our graduates have met the education standards required to sit for the CFP® certification exam.
We also offer a major in economics-finance.
Curriculum & Courses
Sample Course Offerings
BUAD 142: Personal Financial Planning
BUAD 242: Investments
BUAD 342: Corporate Finance
What Makes Roanoke Different?
Since 2014, The Princeton Review has named Roanoke College one of the best colleges for business and finance majors in the United States.
Chart your own path
Our innovative program offers two tracks that finance majors can choose from: corporate finance and personal financial planning.
The design allows students to delve deeper into their primary field of interest, whether it’s large-scale corporate finance or personal financial advising and wealth management.
Courses specific to the corporate finance track could include: Fixed Income & Derivatives, Money & Banking and International Trade & Finance. In personal financial planning, a sample of courses might be: Income Tax, Retirement & Estate Planning and Insurance & Risk Management.
Both tracks offer a strong foundation in business knowledge, such as economics, accounting and management, and equip students for success with practical, relevant skillsets.
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The Business Administration and Economics Department is excited to announce the personal financial planning track of the new finance major at Roanoke College has met the rigorous requirements to become a CFP Board Registered Program.
Learn by Doing
Student Internships
Careers & Outcomes
Our business grads work in finance at great organizations.
Faculty
News
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Catch up on the latest news from our remarkable faculty members.
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Economics professor Alice Kassens recently was a guest on the podcast “Inside Economics.”
