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Turn your knack for numbers into a career shaping how businesses and people manage money. At EIU, you'll manage real investment portfolios, work toward globally respected credentials like the CFA and CFP, and graduate ready for a 95% job placement rate.

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Degree Level
Minor
Delivery
In Person
Credit Hours
12 Total, 12 in Major
Careers
Executives, Officers, General, Managers
Finance students at EIU

Why Study Finance at EIU?

  • Add financial skills to your major: Build practical knowledge that complements fields such as business, economics, technology, communication and entrepreneurship.
  • Understand how financial decisions are made: Learn the fundamentals of investments, markets, financial analysis and business finance.
  • Strengthen your analytical toolkit: Develop skills in evaluating data, interpreting financial information and making informed decisions.
  • Become more confident with financial concepts: Gain knowledge that can help you understand budgets, investments, organizations and markets.
  • Broaden your career preparation: Financial literacy and analytical skills can strengthen your qualifications across many industries.
"I didn't expect to get real experience this early, but by my sophomore year I was already working on projects that felt like actual marketing work. It made me feel confident that I'm ready for what comes next."
Alex Wilcoxon
Marketing | Junior
Alex Wilcoxon, Marketing at EIU

Hands-On Experience

  • Apply finance concepts to real problems: Use data, financial information and case-based coursework to practice decision-making.
  • Explore investing beyond the classroom: Participate in the Student Investment Society, which is open to students from any major.
  • Work with financial tools: Build experience using spreadsheets and quantitative methods to analyze financial information.
  • Connect finance to your primary field: Apply what you learn to business decisions, entrepreneurship, organizational planning and other career interests.
  • Build skills you can talk about in interviews: Coursework and student activities give you concrete examples of financial analysis and decision-making.
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Hands-On Experience, Finance students at EIU

What You'll Learn

The Finance minor enables business majors to gain more in-depth knowledge of finance and strengthen their ability to analyze financial data. The Finance minor thus enhances students' understanding of business and helps prepare them for more career opportunities.

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$206,420
Median Salary 4 Years After Graduation

Career Outcomes

  • Chief Executives
  • Chief Sustainability Officers
  • General & Operations Managers
  • Financial Managers
  • Treasurers & Controllers
  • Investment Fund Managers
  • Compensation, Benefits, & Job…
  • Appraisers of Personal & Business…
  • Budget Analysts
  • Credit Analysts

Career Insights

Job Outlook ★ Bright Outlook Openings · Grow Rapidly
Preparation Needed Considerable (4/5)
Personality Fit Enterprising

Connect With Us

Crystal Lin
Professor
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3026 Lumpkin Hall
217-581-2227
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Austin Cheney
Dean, Lumpkin College of Business and Technology
acheney@eiu.edu
4801
217-581-3526
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Billy Panther
Head of Panther Pride
Old Main
217-581-2223
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