MS in Finance/MBA

Designed for MBA students planning on careers in finance, this joint degree program enables you to market yourself more effectively within a very competitive marketplace. You’ll benefit from all the required courses in the MBA and MS in Finance programs and concentrate your electives in the finance area. Also available on a part-time basis .

This program is right for you if…

• You are interested in a career in finance and possess strong quantitative, analytical, and communication skills.
• You want to broaden your management perspective and career flexibility by adding the MBA degree.

Quick Facts

The MS in Finance/MBA (MSF/MBA) program is open to students admitted to the Full-time MBA program, the Evening MBA program, or the MS in Finance program. Students may be admitted to the program at the point of initial enrollment or may petition to transfer into the MSF/MBA program at a later date.

To earn the degree, you must complete 72 semester hours of credit and achieve a 3.0 or better grade point average. You may receive a waiver and/or transfer credit which will reduce the total number of credits required.

Curriculum

The MSF/MBA program includes all of the required courses in the full-time MBA program or the Evening MBA program, four of the six required courses in the MSF program (the other two are counted in the MBA program), and electives.

Full-time curriculum:

Students in the full-time MS in Finance/MBA program will undertake all the pre-work and required courses in the full-time MBA program (36 credits), along with the courses required of the MS in Finance program as outlined below.

• Investment Analysis
• International Financial Management
• Financial Strategy
• Finance Seminar

Electives for the full-time MSF/MBA:

• 24 elective semester credits are required
• Minimum of 12-semester credits must be Finance electives
• Either "Competition in Global Markets" (1 credit) or an International Study Abroad (credits vary) is required
• The Business Plan Integrative Exercise from the full-time MBA is required

Students may participate in two-week international summer programs in Asia, Eastern Europe, and France.

Target audience

MBA students planning on careers in finance

Established in 1922, Northeastern University College of Business Administration provides its students—undergraduate, graduate, and executive—with the education, tools, and experience necessary to launch and accelerate successful business careers.

The College credits its success to expert faculty, close partnerships with industry, and its emphasis on rigorous academics combined with experiential learning. Our emphasis on combining a challenging curriculum with the reality of the business world is at the core of the College’s mission. Integral to our success is a faculty that contributes to business knowledge through its world-class research and has real-world business experience as members of boards of directors, entrepreneurs, presidents, managers, directors, and consultants. The faculty’s applications-oriented scholarship and industry experience shape student learning and the classroom experience.

All our strengths and our focus come together to prepare students for a lifetime of achievement in the business world.

• BusinessWeek ranks the College 26th in its “Best Undergraduate B-schools.”
• U.S. News & World Report ranks the College’s Bachelor of Science in International Business 16th in the U.S.
• Financial Times ranks the College’s Executive MBA program in the U.S. top 50.
• U.S. News & World Report ranks the College’s part-time MBA program 21st in the U.S.