Bachelor in Business Administration - Finance

Prepare for a successful future in finance

Learn in one of the few trading room classrooms in the nation, which offers live Bloomberg technology and real-time market data.

If you want a career in finance, this is the program for you. The finance specialization has two tracks:

Finance/Accounting Track: Prepares you for finance careers in business organizations and health care, government, and non-profit organizations.

The Finance/Economics Track: Prepares students for careers in the financial services industry.

Program Outcomes

By the end of this program, students should be able to:

• Evaluate the effects of globalization on the business environment.
• Recognize and evaluate ethical issues in business.
• Utilize business concepts, methods, procedures, and management information systems to facilitate strategic planning and decision making.
• Use oral, written, and presentation skills to communicate effectively in the professional business environment.
• Function effectively as team members and, where appropriate, as team leaders.
• Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental principles and key concepts in finance.
• Assess the legal, economic, and social aspects of a financial management decision.

Career Opportunities

Graduates may pursue careers in financial services, business, health care, government, and non-profit organizations.

Fast Facts

• Real projects for real companies at the Strategic Consulting Institute.
• Wall Street live to trade in the market.
• Trading room with Bloomberg Terminals.
• Students managed an investment fund.
• Faculty and leadership team with real experience from Fortune 500 companies.

Mercy College is the dynamic, diverse New York City area college whose students are on a personal mission: to get the most out of life by getting the most out of their education.

Founded in 1950, Mercy offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs within five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Mercy College challenges its faculty and staff to make higher education work for anyone hungry enough to earn a better place in life. With campuses in Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan and Yorktown Heights, the vibrancy of the College culture is sustained by a diverse student body from around the region.