Complete CMIT-510
Advance Your Career in Financial Analytics
Champlain College Online’s MS in Financial Analytics is an advanced program designed for those with a background in accounting and finance. This program equips students with competencies to navigate complex financial markets and keep up with industry trends using sophisticated analytical tools and techniques. The curriculum combines advanced finance subjects with data analysis, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Courses cover a variety of topics – from database management and scripting to in-depth data mining, machine learning methodologies, and financial modeling. Graduates of this online financial analytics program will be prepared to apply these advanced skills to real-world business challenges.
Transform Data Into Actionable Insights
This highly specialized online master's degree program is designed for individuals seeking to advance their careers in the financial sector. The unique combination of advanced knowledge and skills positions graduates to support a variety of roles, including senior financial analyst, portfolio manager, investment banker, and CFO.
Note: All programs, undergraduate and graduate, must be submitted individually to the Department of Veterans Affairs for review and approval before students can utilize their G.I. Benefits to pay for them. This program is currently awaiting approval. To learn more about the process, visit the VA School Program Approval page on the VA website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your admission counselor or email us at onlineadmissions@champlain.edu
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What Can You Do With a Masters in Financial Analytics
Overall employment of financial analysts is projected to grow 8 percent from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations.
About 27,400 openings for financial analysts are projected each year, on average, over the next decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/financial-analysts.htm
Top Jobs for those with an MS Financial Analytics
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Portfolio Manager
- Investment Banker
- CFO
- Finance Manager
Program Details
Having an advanced master’s degree sets you apart from the competition and improves your long-term career potential. Learn more about the 100% online MS in Financial Analytics.
In this course students learn to differentiate relational and non-relational databases, and to design a database to an organization's requirements. Preparing raw data for import into a database, using queries to manipulate data, and developing reports to meet stakeholder needs, and database integrity and security are also covered.
Students learn to create and use scripts to access, acquire, prepare, and transform data, including structured and semi-structured data, and to define and detect patterns in unstructured data to demonstrate how real world problems can be answered with data.
In this course students learn about data types and how to perform pre-processing activities including cleaning, integration, reduction, and transformation. Use of appropriate techniques to analyze and model data, such as classification, decision trees, association rules, and clustering, and the causes and methods of detecting outliers are also covered. Students propose additional applications for data mining based on current trends/research.
Prerequisites
In this course students learn about deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, and compare supervised and unsupervised learning. Machine learning workflows and the challenges associated with machine learning, such as bias and heteroscedasticity, are considered. Students evaluate models, and examine uses for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Natural Language Processing is also addressed.
Prerequisites
Complete CMIT-510
In this course, students will delve into the ethical considerations, regulatory landscape, and risk management strategies crucial for financial professionals. Students will also address real-world ethical dilemmas, understand key financial regulations, and apply principles of risk management to financial cases and scenarios.
In this course, students will use advanced techniques for creating robust financial models and making effective financial forecasts. The course emphasizes the practical application of financial tools used in forecasting and the utilization of real-world scenarios.
Prerequisites
Take FINC-520 CMIT-515
In this course, students will delve into the application of Time Series Analysis in finance, and focus on the statistical techniques and models essential for analyzing financial data, forecasting market trends, and making informed investment decisions. The course blends advanced financial concepts with practical applications, using real-world financial data to illustrate the nuances of observing a variable's outcomes over different time periods.
Prerequisites
Take CMIT-515 and DATA-510
In this course, students will apply sophisticated statistical methods and leverage machine learning techniques tailored towards making well-informed decisions in the finance sector. This course focuses on practical, real-world application and hands-on experience that mirrors the complexities and dynamics of financial analytics across industries.
Prerequisites
Take FINC-540 CMIT-515 DATA-510
In this course, students will explore the art and science of presenting financial data in a visual format. Using modern data visualization tools and technologies, students will learn how to represent complex financial data sets in an understandable and interactive manner, tailoring their visualizations to diverse audiences, from financial experts to the general public.
Prerequisites
Take FINC-550
Students will integrate learning and competencies from the Business Analytics program into a single data-based project.? Given a data set, students will ask such questions as why is the data organized as it is, what are the benefits and limitations of the data set, what appropriate visualization elements should be developed, and what business recommendations should be made.
Prerequisites
Complete BANL-580
Graduates of the financial analytics master's degree online program will demonstrate the following industry-specific skills, knowledge, and competencies:
- Data Management & Analysis: Analyze, manage, and transform unstructured data, using various database systems and scripting languages to derive actionable financial insights.
- Machine Learning & Forecasting Techniques: Employ machine learning algorithms, forecasting techniques, and artificial intelligence in financial contexts to predict market trends and inform financial strategies.
- Ethical and Regulatory Acumen: Navigate financial challenges while ensuring compliance and ethical integrity.
- Financial Data Visualization & Communication: Visually represent complex financial data, develop interactive dashboards tailored to specific audiences, and convey insights in a comprehensible and effective manner to stakeholders.
Champlain College Online's business faculty, led by Department Chair Dr. Albert Orbinati, are expert practitioners in the field. Their industry expertise ensures that our business management curriculum is aligned with the needs of employers, and reflects the skills today’s business professionals need for success. Classes led by our seasoned experts will give you real-world insight into the business world, and create a rich community of career-focused learning.
Tuition & Costs
Graduate Tuition Fall '23 - Summer '25
$595
per credit
$1,785*
per course
$450**
PER CREDIT FOR ALUMNI WHO EARNED A DEGREE FROM CHAMPLAIN, ON-CAMPUS or online
$450
per credit military service members (family members see truED tuition)
$150
One-time graduation fee
*Based on a 3-credit course; cost will vary if course is a different number of credits
** Starting Summer 2024, not retroactive
See the graduate cost of attendance and fees here
Save Up To $200 Per Course
Save up to $200 per course when you take two courses per term in spring and summer 2025.
Talk to your advisor about this opportunity to accelerate your program where you could save money on tuition.
If you enroll in two courses during any term within the Spring or Summer semesters, you will receive a special tuition rate on your second course. This discount is for graduate students in good standing, enrolled in a degree program.
- For the standard tuition rate receive $200 off your second course of the term
- For the truEd/partnership rates receive $150 off your second course of the term
Important Note: This special tuition rate is based on course availability. If a second course isn’t available in your degree program for a given term, the rate cannot be applied.
This offer applies to each of the four terms during the 2025 Spring and Summer semesters—Spring 1, Spring 2, Summer 1, and Summer 2, up to four times during these semesters. This special tuition rate does not extend to any additional courses, such as a third course in a term.
The special tuition rate will be applied to the next semester as a credit after the entire semester is complete. If you do not plan to return for the next term, graduate from your program, or have other extenuating circumstances, the credit may be issued as a refund. This special tuition rate is available if you complete two courses in a term and have paid your tuition. For example, if you register for two courses but drop one, the rate will not be applied.
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Meet the Program Director
Albert Orbinati, PhD
Department Chair and Assistant Professor, CCO Business Programs
Oversees
- Business (A.S., B.S., M.S., Certificates)
- Human Resource Management (B.S., Certificates)
- Leadership (M.S.)
- Management Information Systems (B.S.)
- Organization Development & Human Relations (M.S.)
About
Albert Orbinati, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Department Chair for the undergraduate and graduate business programs at Champlain College Online.
Prior to Champlain, Dr. Orbinati's roles have included Assistant Vice President of Online Learning and Continuing Education at Medaille University in Buffalo, NY; Dean of the School of Professional and Continuing Education at Russell Sage College in Albany, NY; and Director of Online and Non-Traditional Programs at Utica University in Utica, NY. In addition to his career in higher education, Albert is a member of the U.S. military, and currently holds the rank of Major in the Vermont Air National Guard.
Dr. Orbinati holds a B.A. in Urban Planning from Binghamton University, an M.A. in Adult Education from Central Michigan University, an M.B.A from Champlain College, and a Ph.D. in Adult Education from Capella University.
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Online Experience
"I wanted to go to an online school with a good reputation, and with a brick-and-mortar base. So I found Champlain, and that was it. Doing the online program was the only way I could pursue my education, being a mom of three and working full time."
Vanessa Junkins
Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Administration, Master of Business Administration
Inpatient Services Program Manager, Fresenius Medical Care North America
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