Department CatalogCareers
The major in Finance helps prepare our graduates for a wide range of career opportunities in all industries and sectors of the economy. Among the finance career fields are consulting, financial management analysis, financial budget analysis, and investments. Students graduating with a major in Finance receive among the highest average starting salaries of business graduates.
Students completing the major in Real Estate will have satisfied most of the educational requirements for the California real estate broker’s license and the real estate appraiser’s license. While the Real Estate major is designed for students with career interests in the various functional fields of real estate— brokerage, appraisal, finance, investment, development and asset management, as well as service areas such as escrow and title insurance, the skills with which students in the major will become familiar are applicable in virtually all business fields.
The Financial Services option prepares our graduates for a wide variety of analytical, managerial, or sales careers in the financial services industry. Analytical careers include employment in banking, insurance, investments, and personal financial planning. Sales careers include employment in insurance, securities, and mutual fund sales. Managerial careers include managerial employment in the financial services industry. The program also provides a solid foundation for a career in personal financial planning.