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Economics-Finance

You’ll learn basic principles of economics and how organizations apply them to finite resources, like cash, time and labor. Then you’ll study how companies manage their money. As an Economics-Finance (Eco-Fi) major, you’ll be exposed to everything from commercial and investment banking to mortgage markets and accounting. Many Economics-Finance alumni work in banks or government roles; others continue their studies through graduate work in business, law and related fields.

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.

By the Numbers

$72K

Eco-Fi Median Starting Salary

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96%

Eco-Fi Job Placement Rate

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90%

of Bentley students complete at least one internship

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Explore our Economics-Finance Degree

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Monetary Economics (EC441)

This course examines how monetary policy impacts the major financial markets domestically and internationally.  Students evaluate the impact of money on both spot and forward exchange rates which is then applied to various real-world cases, such as the EMU, currency boards and exchange rate crises. The course focuses on some of the major issues faced by policymakers, with particular emphasis on some of the current debates of U.S. monetary policy.

Learning new ways to learn

Bentley’s Honors Program taught Amanda Pine ’17 new ways to learn. A senior Economics-Finance major (with minors in Law and Management) from Suffield, Connecticut, Amanda says the Honors Program’s academic challenge pushed her to discover better ways to manage her time and work as part of a team.

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Making an investment in her future

Alexandria Steinmann ’18 has been passionate about investments since high school, when her financial planner uncle opened a Roth IRA for her. Thanks to Bentley’s four-year career plan and lessons she learned in her finance and accounting courses, she was able to parlay an internship at Credit Suisse into a full-time job after graduation.

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Connect with Bentley Economics-Finance Faculty

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What I am learning is meaningful and impactful. My professors guide us to connect everything we do to the real world and what’s going on right now.
Stephanie Robinson
Class of 2019

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