Finance

Zimpleman students describe our finance program as practical, challenging, interesting, fast-paced, and rewarding. When you choose to study finance at the Zimpleman College of Business, you will enter an engaging program that gives you hands-on experience, access to knowledgeable and experienced professors, and preparation for a successful career as a financial manager, investment advisor/financial planner, security analyst, valuation expert, mortgage advisor, financial consultant, and more.

The Zimpleman finance curriculum is designed to give you knowledge of major concepts and practices in financial management while helping you develop analytical, decision-making, and communication skills. You will work on Bloomberg Terminals for class, attain a Bloomberg Markets Concept Certificate, and have the opportunity to participate in an on-site case competition and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Challenge competition while at the Zimpleman College of Business. This mixed exposure to technical financial knowledge and broad-based business acumen will help you become a well-rounded graduate who is desired in today’s competitive market.

Zimpleman's program is a CFA Institute® University Affiliated Program, which means that we have included a significant portion of the CFA program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK)—including the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct—into our curriculum. Zimpleman provides our learners substantial preparation to take the Level l CFA® exam and obtain the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, the most respected and recognized investment credential in the world. Moreover, with three faculty members who are CFA® charter holders, we can award several scholarships to students to take the exam, thus significantly reducing the exam cost to them.

What Zimpleman Finance Graduates Have To Say

Don’t just take our word for it, this is what Zimpleman College of Business graduates say about our finance program:

	“I have found that all of my finance professors are really passionate and truly care about their students. Getting to know them has taught me more than how to do a discounted cash flow analysis. I have had discussions about potential finance roles I could have, what is going on in the financial markets, and the importance of integrity when I enter the real world.” —Jaime Zaine, Senior Financial Analyst/Integration Lead at Polaris Industries
	“The finance program does a great job getting students ready for the real world. I realized this when competing on a team in the CFA Institute® Research Challenge. Our training allowed us to win the Iowa competition and move on to the regional and global competition. It was a tremendous learning opportunity.”  —Jeff Konrad, Audit & Assurance Senior Manager at Deloitte
	“I utilized my Bloomberg skills at my internship in Texas, where I worked as an analyst for a company that manages money for insurance companies. Since insurance companies mostly invest in bonds, I was able to use my knowledge from Drake to dive in head first. I definitely feel prepared to move forward with my professional career.” —Ben Cole, President at ERP Connect Consulting
	“Drake's finance program is practical and adapted to the real-life job market. During my internship in China, I applied the knowledge and skills I learned in my courses to observe the operation of the Japanese bank.”—Lantian Xu, Contractor at Global Atlantic Financial Group

 

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