FINANCE (MS)
Become a financial management professional
Your career in finance is waiting for you. With an MS in Finance, you’ll learn to develop strategic financial objectives, improve investment decisions, design financial instruments, manage corporate risk and seize new business opportunities.
Earn your master’s in Finance and gain sought-after skills such as
- Financial decision-making techniques
- Solution development
- Designing, using and evaluating financial tools and instruments
- Developing proposals for profitability and productivity
- Risk analysis
For international students: this program is a STEM-designated program, which can qualify you to extend your post-graduation stay in the United States.
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Online Degree Option
The online Finance (MS) from DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business offers small class sizes and is taught by the same award-winning faculty you'll find on campus. Tailored to meet the needs of your busy schedule, you'll achieve the same learning outcomes as in-person classes through collaborative and engaged learning.
Learn in the city’s core business district
Our campus is in the heart of Chicago’s business and financial district, allowing you to find work opportunities in the same setting in which you are learning.
Application Deadlines
| Enrollment Quarter | Domestic Student Deadline | International Student Deadline |
| Fall | August 15 | June 15 |
| Winter | December 1 | October 15 |
| Spring | March 1 | January 15 |
| Summer | June 1 | April 15 |
Admission Requirements
Submit an online application, essay, résumé and official transcripts.
Required Courses
You’ll take 12 courses: six required courses and three electives, totaling 48 credit hours.
91%
of Kellstadt graduates were employed, continuing their education or pursuing other goals within six months of graduation.
$65k
The median salary for Finance graduates was $65,000.
Train with the field’s leading experts
You’ll take classes with Professor and Finance MS Program Director Sanjay Deshmukh, who is a CFA charterholder with research expertise in corporate policies, household finance, security issues and share repurchases. “I love being in the classroom and engaging and discussing with students the various concepts and their applicability to practice,” he said.
“My DePaul degree provided the critical thinking skills necessary to make a difference throughout a company, not just any single department. My professors taught me how to examine a business-wide problem through a financial lens, and then develop and implement a sustainable solution that ripples throughout an entire organization and positively affects its people.”
Richard (MS ’20)
Pricing Analyst, Waste Management
Alumni Network
Graduates have access to DePaul’s extensive finance alumni network that includes executives at some of the nation’s largest institutions. Students and alumni have access to DePaul’s finance industry-related centers, including the Arditti Center for Risk Management, Center for Financial Services and Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance.
Scholarships
Graduate school is an investment in your future. Kellstadt awarded more than $3 million to incoming students last year. Learn more about scholarship opportunities available to you.
Finance (MS) Admission Requirements
- Submit your online application and the $60 application fee.
- Submit an essay explaining your interest in the program and your professional goals.
- Submit a resume that summarizes your work experience and educational background.
- Submit your official transcripts from all degree-granting institutions you have attended.
Please note that not submitting all transcripts where courses have been completed could impact course waivers. - Test optional – GMAT/GRE Scores (submission is optional).
Letters of recommendation are optional for this program.
International student admission requirements: Click here.
Deadlines
Students may apply to enroll in any quarter. To ensure that you will be able to enroll in the quarter of your choice, we recommend that you apply by these dates:
| Enrollment Quarter | Domestic Student Deadline | International Student Deadline |
| Fall | August 15 | August 15 |
| Winter | December 1 | October 1 |
| Spring | March 1 | February 1 |
| Summer | June 1 | April 1 |
Learn more about Graduate Admission.
Degree Requirements
We offer the Finance MS in two modalities: on-campus and fully online.
Degree requirements for each modality are unique. On-campus degree requirements are listed below, and online degree requirements are listed in the Academic Catalog.
View online requirements in the Catalog
On-Campus Degree Requirements
Course Requirements?
The MS in Finance program requires a minimum of 48 credit hours subject to the prerequisite requirement.
Prerequisites for the MSF Program?
Students complete the Master of Science in Finance by taking six core courses and six elective courses in addition to the program prerequisites.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate competency in principles of financial accounting, economics, and statistics prior to enrollment in the program. Students who have not demonstrated these competencies through previous coursework are required to achieve these competencies prior to registration for the core courses.
Core Courses
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| FIN 555 | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| FIN 617 | TOOLS OF FINANCIAL ANALYTICS | 4 |
| FIN 523 | INVESTMENT ANALYSIS | 4 |
| FIN 524 | FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS | 4 |
| FIN 553 | ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE | 4 |
| FIN 662 | DERIVATIVES VALUATION | 4 |
Elective Requirement
Six elective courses are required. At least three of these required electives must be Finance courses. The other three required elective courses are considered free electives and may be satisfied in one of the following ways:
- another finance course
- a graduate course in Accounting, Computer Science (CDM), Data Science (CDM), Data Analytics (Management), Economics, Mathematics, or Real Estate (other disciplines or courses may be considered but require the permission of the faculty program director). Please see the catalog for the eligible free electives
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- Satisfactory completion of the college residency requirement.
- Satisfactory completion of the 6 required courses and 6 elective courses.
- All courses for credit toward the degree must be completed within six calendar years after the candidate’s first term of enrollment in the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. After a lapse of six years, a course is expired. An expired course is not acceptable for the purpose of satisfaction of degree requirements and is not applicable to the degree without the written approval of the director of the program and the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. ?
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