Online Finance Certificate

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Financial professionals lead their organizations' efforts to raise capital, to invest funds, to manage assets, and to generate returns for providers of capital.

The Post University Online Certificate Program in Finance is an integrated sequence of courses that gives students a broad, thorough, and up-to-date foundation in finance and the practical tools needed to thrive as effective financial or investment managers or analysts. The finance certificate online program uses materials and techniques developed in the field and based on accepted financial management principles to give students real-world knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately.

The Online Certificate in Finance will help students:

  • develop a detailed knowledge of current financial management practices
  • understand and be able to use industry terminology
  • gain a practical and comprehensive understanding of financial statements
  • pursue further study, including advanced degree programs

With Post University Online, you can earn a Certificate in Finance entirely online, with no commuting or interruptions in your current career.

You will study in highly interactive, small classes in 8-week accelerated modules. Our faculty will actively engage you in a high quality and relevant curriculum that prepares you to enter a rewarding career in finance.

Accelerate your career with a Certificate in Finance from Post University Online. Apply today!

ACCELERATED FINANCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FAST FACTS
     
STUDENTS IN THIS ACCELERATED PROGRAM
21  
     
OCCUPATIONS
This degree will prepare you for careers including, but not limited to, the ones listed below.
General and Operations Managers
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/11-1021.00
 
Budget Analysts
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2031.00
 
Credit Analysts
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2041.00
 
Financial Analysts
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2051.00
 
Loan Officers
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2072.00
 
Financial Specialists, All Other
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2099.00
     
Personal Financial Advisors
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-2052.00
     
2010-2011 PROGRAM COMPLETERS
3
 
2010-2011 PROGRAM COMPLETERS IN NORMAL TIME
67%
 
     
 
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)
 
TUITION & FEES 2011-2012
Program Cost: $14,700*
Approximate Program Text Book Cost: $1,000*

* This is the tuition cost using current tuition rates for the entire 30-credit certificate program. Program costs will vary depending on transfer credits and financial aid amounts.
   
UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL AID
70% of ADP undergraduate students receive some form of Financial Aid
   
MEDIAN LOAN DEBT
Number of Borrowers: 10 
Federal Private Loans Institutional Loans
(Amount Borrowed) (Amount Borrowed) (Amount
Owed)
$9,454 $3 $0
   
ADP PERSISTENCE RATES
The percentage of students who took a class in one MOD and then took a class in the next MOD in the 2009-2010 academic year was 84% among undergraduate students and 95% among graduate students.
 
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
16 students  
   
FACULTY
Full-time: 35  
Part-time: 298
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