M.S. Programs in Finance at U.S. Universities

Compiled and maintained by Don Chance

The following is a set of links to specialty masters programs in finance.  To be included on this list, a program must

• be a U. S. university (sorry, I cannot handle the large number of programs outside of the U. S., many of which cannot be distinguished from MBA programs.  You may want to check out the site www.mim-compass.com, which is maintained by Thomas Graf of IE Business School of Madrid, which provides some information on masters programs in business.
• offer a masters designated as master of science, master of arts, master of finance, master of science in finance, but not master of business administration
• not be in financial engineering, quantitative finance, financial mathematics, mathematical finance, computational finance, etc.; this list may not be inclusive of all possible variations of finance that are excluded.  See www.global-derivatives.com for a list of those programs.  Their list also includes most of these as well.

You can email me with suggestions for consideration and corrected links:  dchance@lsu.edu.  Be sure you send the link, not just the name of the school.

GO NO FURTHER UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE FOLLOWING:

• This list is provided "as-is."  The links and the information may not be accurate (I will correct any that you make me aware of).
• No, I do not know of rankings of programs.
• Prospective students:  Do not ask me questions or advice about these programs or your career plans.  Please be considerate.  I cannot serve as an advisor for everyone who sees this list and emails me.  I know this sounds arrogant, but I simply cannot get engaged in these types of discussions with anyone who finds it easy to email me.  Accept this list as an offer with no customer service attached.  (But see below)
• Prospective students (again):  Here's some general advice.  Find a professor you had who you like and did well in that course.  Naturally this should be a finance professor, but if you did not have one, go for an economics professor.  (If you have not had economics, you should not be considering an MS in finance.)  Talk to him or her.  Also, pick out a couple of schools with masters programs that sound interesting and contact them.  Ask to speak to someone involved in the program.  These two people should be able to answer your questions and give you good advice.  Once you narrow down your choices, talk more to the schools and also try to talk to some students in the program.  Find out if the program has met their expectations.  I hope this helps.

Another very useful resource:  Masters in Finance HQ

Finally, I invite you to consider the LSU Master of Science in Finance Program.  [OK, I know this is a shameless promotional, but I run this web site and get nothing out of it.  Therefore, I am taking this opportunity to plug our own MS program.]  LSU has been offering M.S. degrees in finance for at least four decades.  We typically have 15-30 students in each beginning class.  Graduating students are currently placing very well.  There is no specific specialty, so you can tailor your own program.  The most common career path of our recent graduates is asset management.  So I invite you to check out the web site of the LSU Master of Science in Finance program.  For any questions, please contact the program director (not me), who is identified at the link provided here.

Now, what you've been waiting for.  The list. 

• American University
• Auburn University
• Baruch College
• Bentley College
• Boston College
• Brandeis University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Claremont McKenna
• Clark University
• Creighton University
• DePaul University
• Drexel University
• Florida International
• Florida State University
• George Washington University
• Georgia State University
• Golden Gate University
• Hofstra University
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Indiana University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Lewis University
• Louisiana State University
• Loyola University in Maryland
• Loyola University of Chicago
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Michigan State University
• New Jersey City University
• New School
• Northeastern University
• Ohio State University
• Pacific Lutheran University
• Penn State Great Valley
• Pepperdine University
• Portland State University
• Princeton University
• Purdue University
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• St. Joseph's University
• Seattle University
• Southern Methodist University
• Southern New Hampshire University
• Suffolk University
• Syracuse University
• Texas A&M University
• Tulane University
• University of Alabama
• University of Arizona
• University of Baltimore
• University of Buffalo
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Colorado at Denver
• University of Denver
• University of Florida
• University of Houston
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Maryland
• University of Michigan-Dearborn
• University of North Texas
• University of Rochester
• University of Santa Clara
• University of South Florida
• University of Tampa
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Texas at Dallas
• University of Texas at San Antonio
• University of Tulsa
• University of Utah
• University of Wyoming
• Vanderbilt University
• Villanova University
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Webster University
• West Virginia University

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Last updated:  March 2, 2013