Overview

WHY CONSIDER A FINANCE CERTIFICATE?


You can't underestimate the role finance plays in our day-to-day lives. Finance professionals with money management, financial decision making, and financial planning skills are essential to keeping businesses and households running smoothly. Earning a Finance Certificate can help you move forward in this career field.

At The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University, our Finance Certificate faculty members all possess top-notch academic credentials and extensive real-life experience in the field, and they apply their expertise to developing the program course work.

The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University's Finance Certificate course work helps students build capabilities in analyzing, defining, and arriving at viable solutions in financial decision making and planning, and helps prepare them for careers with financial services firms, brokerage and investment houses, banks, insurance companies, and domestic and international businesses, among other areas.

The Finance Certificate gives students the opportunity to develop skills in financial analysis. Those who complete the certificate will have earned 30 credits towards the 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Finance degree.

THE FINANCE CERTIFICATE AT POST UNIVERSITY IS IDEAL FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO:

  • Gain the skills and experiences they'll need to succeed in a wide range of career opportunities in public, private and non-profit organizations
  • Use materials and techniques developed in the field and based on accepted financial management principles to get real-world knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately as they complete their Finance Certificate.
  • Learn from faculty members who have advanced degrees and years of relevant experience in the financial field

BENEFITS OF THE FINANCE CERTIFICATE AT POST UNIVERSITY

  • Post University is an accredited New England university that has been providing quality education to its students since 1890.
  • Our small classes are taught by faculty members who have advanced degrees and extensive real-world experience in their respective fields.
  • We offer a high-quality, career-focused Finance Certificate that can make a real difference in your future career.
  • Our Finance Certificate features a curriculum with a strong focus on innovation, creativity and leadership. You won't be learning from static text on a page; you'll be part of a highly interactive, practice-based learning environment.
  • You will get a great return on your investment (ROI), earning a valuable certificate at an affordable price.

Faculty Advisor Contact Information
Thomas Abbott
203.596.4684

FINANCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FAST FACTS
     
STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM
2  
     
OCCUPATIONS
This degree will prepare you for the following careers:
Personal Financial Advisors
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2052.00
     
Financial Examiners
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2061.00
 
Financial Managers, Branch or Department
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/11-3031.02
 
Financial Analysts
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2051.00
 
Sales Agents, Financial Services
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/41-3031.02
 
Risk Management Specialists
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2099.02
 
Securities and Commodities Traders
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/41-3031.03
 
Loan Officers
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2072.00
     
Credit Analysts
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2041.00
     
NORMAL PROGRAM COMPLETION TIME
1 year*
*Students who do not transfer in any credits typically complete this program within 1 year.
     
 
ACCREDITATION
Post University is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., (NEASC) through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

Post University's Business School also is a candidate for Accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
 
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM COST
Certificate Program Tuition and Fees* $26,250
Approximate Program Text Book Cost* $1,500

* This is the program cost for the entire 30-credit certificate program using current tuition rates. Actual program costs will vary depending on transfer credits and financial aid amounts. For current tuition rates, go to http://www.post.edu/maincampus/tuition.shtml.
   
FINANCIAL AID
100% of students receive some form of Financial Aid
   
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
12 students  
   
UNIVERSITY FACULTY
Full-time: 38  
Part-time: 319
To learn more about our faculty, click here.