University of San Diego

From assets to investments, finance is a top career choice for many of our analytical graduates. Whether you are interested in financial planning, investment banking or financial management, our undergraduate finance degree program will help you develop an impressive portfolio of skills you can apply in your future career.

The Knauss School of Business' expert team of award-winning research professors, business leaders and investment analysts will teach you everything you need to know about investments and corporate and international finance, both from a tactical and social perspective. You will learn through hands-on experiences using actual financial and economic data, and applying your analysis to a real $200,000 donor fund.

Using industry tools like Bloomberg and FinViz.com, you will practice how to screen stocks, identify their strengths and weaknesses and make recommendations around whether to buy, hold or sell in USD's own Student-Managed Investment Fund. With a decent annual return, our future advisors are off to a great start.