Finance Degree Highlights
Calculate a better future for yourself with a finance degree online.
Good financial sense can take you far in life. With so many unique financial challenges individuals, companies, and organizations are dealing with, the world needs people to help make sense of it all. It’s no wonder financial professionals are in very high demand and will be in demand for years to come.
Our 3+1 finance BBA/MBA program provides an accelerated path in finance and is designed to help you understand financial theory, improve your math and analytical skills and apply those skills in many different ways, including to banking, corporate finance and financial planning.
- Professional finance experts take you beyond this application and advance your knowledge of the latest developments, concepts, methods, and techniques used in the finance industry.
- Our finance courses also help you build the skills needed to solve complex financial issues.
- With such a well-rounded education, you’ll have many options for finance degree jobs available to you. You’ll be able to start or enhance your career in a field like investment banking, corporate finance, financial markets and services, or insurance.
- The 3+1 finance BBA and master’s program in finance at Baker College is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE).
Learn Your Way
Finance courses are taught exclusively through Baker Online. Plus, general education and prerequisite courses are typically available through Baker Online, Online Live, and on all campuses throughout Michigan.
Learn MoreWhy Earn a Finance Degree?
Corporations, pension funds, insurance companies, and other organizations and individuals who make investment decisions rely on financial analysts to provide information and guidance. By applying their analytical and decision-making skills, they assess stock and bond performance, study trends, and develop portfolio strategies and recommendations to meet financial goals.
Finance Degree Curriculum
The Baker College combined BBA in finance and master's program in finance is a 4-year, IACBE-accredited program consisting of 135 credit hours. Our curriculum includes business analytics, personal financial planning and one 120-hour work experience in the field.
Sample Courses
Financial Markets
Personal Financial Planning
Accounting for the Contemporary Manager
Additional Finance Degree Online Requirements
This 3+1 finance degree online provides an exciting pathway for you to gain a BBA finance degree and a finance master's degree in four years. Once admitted, you will be allowed to take up to 15 MBA credit hours in your junior and senior years to fulfill the business elective courses requirements. The MBA credit hours will apply toward both the finance bachelor degree and MBA requirements.
Assuming a student will choose the finance master's degree upon completing a finance bachelor degree, he/she will need to complete additional courses to receive the online master's degree in finance. Students will have the option of choosing another major upon admission into the MBA program. If so, the academic plan will change accordingly. Please contact the Enrollment Department for admission criteria and submit your application upon completion of 60 credits toward your BBA in finance. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required.
Finance Degree Outcomes & Performance
Our quality-focused, market-driven and rigorous finance degree online curricula will establish and enhance core business knowledge and the ability to anticipate and react to societal changes, as well as provide students with technological proficiency, the ability to make ethical decisions, and the communication skills that embody the professional acumen graduates need to make positive contributions to their chosen fields.
Accreditation
External peer review is the primary means of assuring and improving the quality of higher education institutions and programs in the United States. This recognition is accomplished through program accreditation, approval or certification. The College of Business at Baker College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs please view our IACBE member status page. 
On Campus Unavailable
Core courses for this degree program are not offered on campus.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available on campus each semester.
View campus locationsAvailable on Baker Online
Courses for this degree program are available through Baker Online.
100% online, this format offers flexible scheduling with 8-week semesters
Baker OnlineUnavailable on Online Live
Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Online Live.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Online Live each semester.
Online Live