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Finance

Certificate of Achievement



Program Details

The Finance Certificate is designed to prepare students for employment in the financial services industry or who are responsible for making financial decisions. The focus of the program helps students to gain a solid foundation in the principles of finance, becoming well informed of topics critical to financial planning, implementation, measurement, and investment. Emphasis on building advanced knowledge of economic theory, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, international markets, and risk management to prepare students for employment. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken. This certificate requires 18-19 units.

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Finance Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.

Featured Careers

Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Bill and Account Collectors

    High school diploma/GED, Some college

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 33,960
    • High salary: 65,830
    • Average salary: 46040
    Declining Job Growth $ 46,040 Average Salary $33,960 $65,830

  • Budget Analysts

    Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED

    • Job growth: Stable
    • Low salary: 60,510
    • High salary: 134,640
    • Average salary: 87930
    Stable Job Growth $ 87,930 Average Salary $60,510 $134,640

  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary

    Doctoral degree, Master's degree

    • Job growth: Rising
    • Low salary: 46,460
    • High salary: 210,530
    • Average salary: 97270
    Rising Job Growth $ 97,270 Average Salary $46,460 $210,530

All Careers in Finance (13)

Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral degree, Master's degreeRising97,270
Budget AnalystsBachelor's degree, High school diploma/GEDStable87,930
Credit AnalystsBachelor's degreeDeclining80,970
Financial Quantitative AnalystsMaster's degree, Bachelor's degreeRising80,190
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and AnalystsBachelor's degreeRising80,190
Insurance UnderwritersBachelor's degreeDeclining79,880
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis SpecialistsBachelor's degreeRising77,020
Loan OfficersBachelor's degree, Some collegeDeclining74,180
Credit CounselorsBachelor's degree, High school diploma/GEDStable50,480
Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degreeDeclining48,950
New Accounts ClerksHigh school diploma/GED, Some collegeDeclining46,610
Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma/GED, Some collegeDeclining46,040
TellersHigh school diploma/GEDDeclining39,340

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Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. Develop an understanding of the theory and practice of corporate finance with an understanding of discounted cash flow, valuation, risk and return, capital asset pricing model, corporate capital structure, capital budgeting, mergers and acquisitions, and investment and financing decisions.
  2. Use a working vocabulary of business/finance terminology.