With hands-on experience provided by Walton College's Global Markets Financial Trading Center, coupled with our student-managed investment funds and experienced faculty and corporate connections, Walton College finance majors are given the competitive edge they need in this dynamic field.
The study of finance opens doors to meaningful and rewarding career options in a wide range of industries. Often seen as a launching pad for high achievement in other fields, a finance degree most notably prepares students for careers in banking, investment management, insurance and real estate.
Whether a student intends to be a finance specialist or a generalist, financial markets and corporate finance are elemental building blocks of business.
Learn MoreThe Walton MBA with a concentration in finance will develop the skills you'll need to specialize in financial management, advisement, and analysis.
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Banking leaders met at Walton College at 2nd & Main in downtown Little Rock to discuss challenging issues facing the banking industry in Arkansas.
September 7, 2023 | By Faith Raun
Jonathan Shipman, Shaila Miranda and Alexey Malakhov are Walton College’s department chairs for the accounting, information systems and finance departments.
August 25, 2023 | By Lori McLemore
Walton College Portfolio Management Class students won three first-place awards at the Global Asset Management Education Forum in New York!
April 20, 2023 | By Lori McLemore
The establishment of GFI was made possible through a generous $2 million gift from the Garrison Family to help build a nationally competitive financial services industry in the State of Arkansas. An additional $2 million was provided through the Matching Gift Program, made possible by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation's $300 million gift to the University of Arkansas. Both grants help support investment research, and fund the Garrison Financial Institute.
Learn MoreThe Global Financial Market Center is a state-of-the -art classroom where our ever-more technologically astute students can learn about finance using cutting edge software and real-time market data.
The center is equipped with 60 computer workstations, an electronic ticker displaying stock prices, trading simulation software, and a Bloomberg terminal providing real-time and historical financial data.
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Part of the Sam M. Walton College of Business
Located at the University of Arkansas
Business Building WCOB 475
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-4505 p
(479) 575-4230 f
