Corporate Finance and Accounting

The Corporate Finance and Accounting (CFA) major equips students to help organizations maximize their value. You'll become familiar with accounting and finance concepts, such as cost and profitability analysis, strategic planning, process improvement and business performance management. These skills will enable you to examine the capital structure of a corporation including its funding and the actions management takes to increase the value of the organization.

When you complete the major, you’ll be ready to leap into a finance or auditing career and be well prepared to begin the process of becoming a licensed Certified Public Accountant. An accelerated BS/MS program is available to select, high-performing students in this major. If you’re accepted, you can earn a bachelor’s and master’s degree in four years of study.

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$79K

CFA Median Starting Salary

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100%

CFA Job Placement Rate

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90%

of Bentley students complete at least one internship

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Bringing Wall Street to Waltham

The Bentley Investment Group (BIG) is a student-run investment fund, responsible for managing a portion of the university's endowment. BIG provides students with hands-on experience in investing—making stock selections, analyzing sectors and applying risk management strategies. See how BIG gives students a competitive advantage in the job market.

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Financial Modeling (FI 347)

Step into the world of high finance and learn how real analysts think. This class takes your Excel abilities to the next level as you build forecasts, value companies, analyze portfolios and create smart financial tools using advanced formulas, data tables, regressions and custom Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code. You will develop strong analytical and programming skills that employers love. By the end, you will understand how money moves and be ready to impress in internships, interviews and your future career.

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Economic Empowerment

When Banmai Huynh ’24 read an email about a Women in Finance Fellowship at Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), she thought it “sounded perfect” — but not only because it was for a sophomore woman studying finance. Its affiliation with the Massachusetts Office of Economic Empowerment appealed to her as the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants.

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The CFA major is a great way to gain both perspectives of finance and accounting which are essential areas in all realms of business. It allowed me to recruit both at the large accounting firms and in the banking sector as well.

Andrew Fox

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