Online Master of Finance
Online Master of Finance
Why Earn an Online Master of Finance at the Smith School?
Turn Financial Insight Into Confident Action
The Online Master of Finance prepares you to deepen your knowledge of the field and turn financial analysis into strategic action. Designed for recent graduates and working professionals, the 30 credit online program helps you build valuable expertise while continuing to grow your career.
This program focuses on helping you strengthen your financial judgment. You’ll learn how AI-powered tools can help you efficiently uncover insights, and then we’ll show you how to make stronger decisions around this data.
Take advantage of the flexibility that comes with an online degree program built for working professionals. Through weekly live sessions, you’ll stay connected with Smith faculty and classmates as you build your skills.
Why Smith?
- Develop foundational business knowledge through a comprehensive graduate curriculum.
- Apply what you learn through consulting projects with organizations.
- Learn from faculty members with experience across multiple industries.
- Collaborate with peers through team-based projects, live sessions and applied learning experiences.
Who Is the Online Master of Finance For?
Working Professionals Ready to Advance Their Finance Skills
The Online Master of Finance is designed for working professionals and recent college graduates who want deeper financial expertise. It can help you strengthen your financial decision-making, become more confident with emerging technology and prepare for more advanced responsibilities.
Ideal candidates include:
- Early- and mid-career finance and economics professionals who want to advance in their careers.
- Recent college graduates with backgrounds in finance, economics and other adjacent fields who are skilled with numbers.
- Individuals who want to strengthen their analytical and financial decision-making capabilities and take courses that can prepare them to become Chartered Financial Analysts (CFAs).
- Individuals who want to build fluency with AI and emerging financial technologies.
- Working professionals who need the flexibility to continue working while earning their degree.
If you're ready to become someone trusted to operate at a higher level, the Online Master of Finance can position you to take the next step.
What Will You Learn in the Online Master of Finance?
Higher-Level Expertise for More Complex Financial Decision-Making
Strengthen your ability to analyze financial data, evaluate opportunities and translate complex findings into decisions.
With an Online Master of Finance, you'll build knowledge in:
- FinTech
- Financial Strategy
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Venture Capital and Private Equity
- Corporate and Credit Risk Management
- Portfolio Management
- Quantitative Investment
- Institutional Asset Management
How Is AI Integrated Throughout the Curriculum?
Analyze Faster. Decide Smarter.
AI is changing how financial professionals analyze information, identify patterns and generate insights. The Online Master of Finance prepares you to use AI-powered tools and emerging technologies as part of modern financial work. Your advantage comes from knowing what to question, which information to trust and how to turn the results into sound financial action. Smith’s Online Master of Finance program helps you develop that combination of technological fluency, critical thinking and human judgment.
Apply What You Learn
The program will feature two in-person residencies designed to build connections, apply classroom learning and provide hands-on business experiences.
- Opening Residency
A weekend experience early in the program that gives you the opportunity to visit campus, connect with classmates and collaborate on projects. Preparatory coursework will be completed in advance. - Closing Residency
A culminating experience that brings together knowledge and skills developed throughout the program.
Career Outcomes
From investment banking to corporate finance, a master's degree in finance can help position you for opportunities across industries and organizations.
Career Pathways
- Asset-Backed Securities
- Client Relationship Management
- Credit Risk Analysis and Management
- Financial Advisory
- Investment Banking
- Investment Management
- Portfolio Management
- Private Equity
- Valuation and Financial Modeling
Employers Who Hire Our Finance Grads
- Bank of America
- Capital One
- Deloitte
- Dimensional Fund Advisors
- Freddie Mac
- Goldman Sachs
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Morgan Stanley
- Northrop Grumman
- Oppenheimer & Co.
- T. Rowe Price
Learn From Finance Experts
Faculty Supporting Your Career Growth
Learn from Smith faculty whose research shapes financial thinking and influences organizations. Their expertise brings current insights in finance, analytics and emerging technologies directly into your online classroom.
Michael Cichello |
Liu Yang |
Russell Wermers |
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. If you already have strong quantitative skills and want to advance in finance, the Online Master of Finance helps you move beyond foundational knowledge to tackle more complex analysis, investment decisions and business challenges. You can build advanced expertise while continuing to work, allowing you to apply what you learn as your career develops.
The program helps you build fluency with AI-powered tools and emerging financial technologies while strengthening the judgment technology cannot replace. You'll learn to evaluate data, question outputs and translate financial analysis into informed action.
Yes. The program is designed for working professionals and delivered online, with weekly live sessions that keep you connected with faculty and classmates while you continue your career.
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Have More Questions?
The Smith School's Graduate Admissions Office is here to help. Whether you have questions about the curriculum, admissions requirements, application process or online student experience, our team can help you determine if the Online Master of Finance is the right fit for your goals.
Contact Graduate Admissions
2303 Van Munching Hall
College Park, Maryland 20742-1815
Phone: 301-405-2559
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Email: smithmasters@umd.edu
Questions? Contact the MBA & Business Master's Admissions Office at 301-405-2559 or SmithMasters@umd.edu.