Department of Finance
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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
Why Study Finance at Providence College?
Our finance degree program covers the traditional areas of finance — corporate finance, investments, risk management,
and financial markets and institutions — with an emphasis on quantitative analysis. But it’s also built on a firm liberal arts
foundation and reinforced by a values-based philosophy. This allows our students to learn how to tackle complex financial
challenges with high professional and ethical standards and a broad-based perspective — giving them a clear, competitive
advantage with employers seeking talent that can excel in today’s multifaceted business environment.
A Nationally Ranked,
Accredited School
of Business
The Providence College School of
Business, home to the Department
of Finance, joined the ranks of just
30% of U.S. business schools when it
earned accreditation from AACSB
International in 2012. It’s also listed by
Poets and Quants as being among the
top undergraduate business schools in
the nation.
Many courses are taught in the state-
of-the-art, award-winning Arthur F.
and Patricia Ryan Center for Business
Studies, which opened in spring 2017.
The Ryan Center includes specialized
business computer labs, as well
as collaboration, conference, and
breakout rooms, and a professional
development suite. This unique
education and learning environment
— based on the power of “we” rather
than the power of “me” — makes our
graduates indispensable to employers
and personally fulfilled.
Department of Finance
Distinguished Faculty
About 20 accomplished individuals
make up our faculty, bringing to our
students a wealth of expertise and
insight. Our faculty hold doctoral
degrees from highly regarded
universities such as the University
of Georgia, the University of Texas,
the University of South Florida,
Syracuse University, and University of
Massachusetts Amherst, and advanced
degrees from universities that include
Harvard University, McGill University,
and Fordham University.
They have worked or consulted for a
range of corporations, non-profits, and
government agencies, including the U.S.
Department of the Treasury, the World
Bank, the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, the Chicago Board
Options Exchange, the CFA Institute,
the CAIA Association, Fitch Ratings,
Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup.
Their work is published in a wide
variety of high-quality peer reviewed
journals.
Business Experience
Beyond the Classroom
94% of PCSB graduates participated
in at least one internship.
Real-world learning and interaction
with business leaders is an integral
part of a PCSB education. The finance
department offers the opportunity for
experiential learning through:
• internships at esteemed
organizations such as Goldman
Sachs, Citigroup, Fidelity, and others.
• the Student Managed Investment
Fund, in which students analyze
equities and market sectors and
manage a real-money portfolio.
• a cutting-edge information resource
lab, equipped with Bloomberg
terminals and other data sources to
track the market in real time and
perform detailed financial analysis.
• the Student-Led Asset Management
(SLAM) club gives students
experience in investment
management across a range of asset
classes.
