MBA - Master of Business Administration - Finance

University of California, Riverside (Business)

Enhance your leadership skills, explore your career opportunities, and broaden your skillset with a Master of Business Administration from University of California, Riverside (UCR). Our top MBA program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a prestigious accreditation held by less than 6% of business schools worldwide. Our curriculum empowers you to develop a wide breadth of business knowledge. In addition to foundational business courses, you will choose one of seven concentrations to specialize in, providing you with the opportunity to customize your MBA degree according to your individual career aspirations.Featuring a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) MBA program, UCR’s A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (AGSM) is home to world-renowned scholar-practitioner faculty and their wealth of experience - which they are eager to share with you.As a STEM MBA program graduate, you will be in high demand. According to a 2022 report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, STEM MBA grads have a 97% job placement rate within six months of graduation, higher than the 93% job placement rate for traditional MBA grads. UCR’s MBA program also provides you with a set of technical and soft skills that will set you apart in the marketplace. With our STEM MBA program, international students can apply for 36 months of Optional Practical Training (OPT) to work in the United States in their field of study after graduation.Students in the MBA program wishing to study finance are advised to consider how their studies fit into the two main career pathways in finance: Investments or Corporate Finance. The Investments pathway focuses on investment analysis, stock returns, derivatives and financial analytics and is most helpful for careers in capital markets, wealth management, investment banking, hedge funds, and commercial banking. The Corporate Finance pathway focuses on management decisions such as those made by the CFO and is helpful for careers in corporate treasury departments, valuation, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy and consulting. Students considering a Ph.D. in finance should take MGT 295F and MGT 295G. In addition to the finance electives listed below, students should consider electives related to databases, decision-making, business statistics and accounting, such as MGT 221, 230, 236, 239, 245, 256, and 267. STAT 206 is useful for learning statistical computing using SAS or R.