MBA, Finance Concentration

Apply quantitative skills to develop your financial management expertise within a broad range of corporate and small business enterprises while preparing for advanced certifications.

This MBA program from the AACSB-accredited Cotsakos College of Business is designed for students who are inquisitive and exploratory by nature. You will thoroughly study budgets, corporate mergers and acquisitions, trade markets, derivative securities, and more.

The rigorous core curriculum will enrich your understanding of financial operations, global economics, business analytics, innovation and corporate sustainability, and persuasion and negotiation strategies.

As a graduate of this program, you will be able to:

  • Utilize management accounting and costing tools for decision-making to gain and enhance competitive advantage
  • Use Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) to study the valuation of securities and the risk and return characteristics of various financial investment instruments
  • Manage individual and institutional investor portfolios, professional ethical standards of practice, equity and debt portfolio management strategies, real estate and alternative investments, and more
  • Understand pricing processes, valuation models, efficient markets, international capital markets, and rational expectations
  • Differentiate options and futures derivatives and apply basic trading strategies

View required courses and course descriptions in the University Course Catalog
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Admission Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and official transcripts from all institutions of higher learning attended.
  • Professional resume detailing educational and work experience
  • Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher OR
  • Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75+ with 2 years of work experience in a professional supervisory capacity or a minimum score of 500 on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or a minimum score of a 152 verbal and a 152 quantitative on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)

Application Deadline*

December 1st: Spring semester
May 1st: Summer semester
August 1st: Fall semester

*Applications received after the deadline will be reviewed on a space availability basis


International students are advised to apply by:
April 1st: Fall (September intake)
November 1st: Spring (January intake)
December 1st: Summer (May intake)

*Students without comparable undergraduate coursework with a grade of B or better may require up to nine (9) additional credits.

Contact Us

Cindy Nino
Graduate Advising & Recruiting Coordinator
Email: ninoy@wpunj.edu
Phone: (973) 720-3917


Career Opportunities:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Investment Trader
  • Portfolio Compliance Specialist
  • Senior Financial Analyst
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Manager
Duration
As few as 12 months* 
Credit Hours
30
Tuition Per Credit
$891.75



William Paterson University's main campus offers a variety of specialized MBA concentrations.

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