The 4+1 Accelerated Master’s in Finance provides an opportunity to earn a pathway to a master’s degree — with one year of additional study and 100% tuition scholarships for the fifth year. Position yourself for career advancement as you engage with graduate students and network with working professionals.
Why pursue the 4+1 Accelerated Master’s in Finance?
In the Clark School of Business Master’s in Finance program, you integrate an understanding of the complexities of management with strong finance and quantitative skills. The degree benefits you no matter where you are in your career and prepares you for positions in banking, investment management, trading, insurance and corporate finance.
The MSF program is a rigorous curriculum focusing on the skills and knowledge required to apply advanced financial theories to complex financial management problems.
Earn your MBA and graduate degree in finance from a globally ranked and accredited university—Clark University has been named a Princeton Review “Best Business School,” a U.S. News & World Report “Best Part-time MBA,” and is among the elite 5% of business schools to receive AACSB accreditation.
Join a program that, as part of the prestigious CFA Institute University Affiliation Program, prepares you for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams; with a curriculum closely tied to the practice of investment management, our degree positions you for success in the CFA field.
Develop the cross-sector skill set you need to help organizations tap into emerging markets.
Program of study
The Accelerated B.A. to M.S. requires 10 graduate course units and an internship. Two courses are taken in the senior year and the remaining in the graduate year. For more information on the master’s program, please visit the Master’s in Finance program page.
Earning your MBA and M.S. in Finance prepares you to become a business and financial leader capable of making decisions based on best practices in contemporary international management. With two degrees tailored to your career goals, you’ll be uniquely positioned to take on the increasingly complex financial responsibilities in today’s global business economy.
Possible career paths include the following:
Senior Vice President, Bank of China New York
Finance Specialist, The World Bank
Account Executive, Dell EMC
Senior Vice President, Piper Jaffray
Principal Financial Analyst, Medtronic
Eligibility
The accelerated Bachelor of Arts Master of Science in Finance program is open to students in all majors with a minimum cumulative GPA of a 3.4.
As part of the application process, all applicants to the accelerated degree program must meet with both the School of Business assistant dean and the associate director of the Stevenish Career Management Center before the accelerated degree adviser form is approved by the School of Business.
