Financial Services
Accomplished Financial Services faculty enrich your classroom learning with their decades of real-world experience and success in the field. Offered as a major.
Program Overview
Financial Services at Bryant
Our program combines accounting, investments, risk management, marketing and selling, institutions and markets, and law to provide you a purposeful, interdisciplinary, and hands-on education. You will be well prepared to launch your career and to succeed in prestigious post-graduate programs.
Program Features
- Participate in a distinctive real-world learning experience managing the $1.2 million Archway Investment Fund.
- Engage with a vast alumni network of industry leaders through Bryant’s Wall Street Council.
- Work with a trading system used by some of the world's largest financial organizations.
- Prepare through program coursework to take the Certified Financial Planner exam right after graduation.
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Cross-Disciplinary Advantage
- Our nationally acclaimed business foundation cultivates innovative thinking and problem-solving abilities through real-world projects that develop leadership skills.
- Your liberal arts minor will be a competitive advantage, enriching an immersive education that integrates analytical and critical thinking.
- Whether you begin your career or pursue grad school after graduation, the credentials of your major and minor distinguish you.
A major in finance complemented with a minor in legal studies prepared this accomplished student for a career in the commercial real estate industry.
More Than a Major
- Clubs
- Leadership
- Internships
A Connected Community
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The Bryant Difference
Where Our Students Go
Graduates of our Financial Services program are highly sought after by commercial, nonprofit, and government organizations and bring their globally-influenced philosophy to prestigious graduate programs.
- BAW Systems
- Boston College
- Citizens Bank
- Credit Suisse
- Delhaize America
- EMC
- Fidelity Investments
- Georgetown University
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Nomura Securities
- PwC
- Textron
- University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Wake Forest University School of Law
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Career Education Opportunities
- Shadow and network with accomplished Financial Services and Finance alumni to explore different paths.
- Secure a Financial Services or Finance internship, available in a variety of industries, through our nationally recognized Amica Center for Career Education.
- Discuss career opportunities from 100+ prestigious firms at on-campus career fairs.
Clubs/Organizations
- Bryant Finance Association
- Women in Finance
Service
- Enactus
- Community Activism and Leadership Organization
- Special Olympics
- Community Leadership Rhode Island
International
- Sophomore International Experience
- Study abroad during your junior year
Research
- Archway Investment Fund
- Present original research at annual Research and Engagement Day
Inspiring Faculty
Our esteemed faculty include award-winning educators and mentors who have had success in the fields they teach and in research. They include a former senior financial economist with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a former vice president of two banks, and a financial planner and wealth consultant in industry and private practice. Among them is:
Professor of Finance
Coordinator, Archway Investment Fund program