U.S. News and World Report for 2023 recognized Marquette’s finance program as #22 among the nation’s top undergraduate business specialty programs.

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• Undergraduate major requirements      
• Real Estate major requirements
• Accelerating Ingenuity in Markets (AIM) program
• Commercial Banking Program
• Student organizations

Undergraduate finance majors study the core areas of finance with an emphasis on corporate social responsibility. The Finance Department also offers a major in real estate, which emphasizes theory and practical applications of commercial real estate. Students learn how to apply principles of market analysis, financing and development with respect to commercial real estate.

The Finance Department is also home to the nationally recognized and highly competitive Accelerating Ingenuity in Markets (AIM) program. The AIM program allows a select group of undergraduate finance majors to get hands-on academic and security analysis experience, including summer internships and an opportunity to actively manage three equity and fixed-income portfolios throughout their senior year.

At the graduate level, the department offers several graduate options.  

• A Master of Science in Finance with an Advanced Degree Program (ADP) option, enabling students to complete up to 9 graduate credits as an undergraduate Finance major.
• A specialization in finance as part of our top-ranked, part-time MBA program
• A specialization in financial economics as part of the Master of Science in Applied Economics

Program highlights

• The Finance Department is home to two of the college’s centers and programs of excellence, including the Center for Real Estate and the Accelerating Ingenuity in Markets (AIM) program.
• Graduates are recruited by leading financial services, banking, investment and real estate firms, including Northwestern Mutual, Wells Fargo, US Bancorp, Citi, Fiserv, JP Morgan, Robert W. Baird, BlackRock, Apex Commercial, NAI MLG Commercial and Colliers International.
• Each year, students in the Financial Management Association have the opportunity to visit New York City, where over four days they meet with alumni at leading investment banks, hedge funds, financial services firms and investment companies.
• Our faculty members are scholars with an applied focus, emphasizing applied analysis using financial databases and Excel modeling, sensible interpretation based on well-reasoned logic, well-written research reports, and polished presentation skills.