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Why should you get a Financial Analysts & Advisors degree?

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Financial Analysts & Advisors careers are always in high demand!

Finance is the lifeblood of the business world. An accounting and finance degree can prepare individuals to plan, manage and analyze the financial and monetary aspects of business enterprises. You can take various avenues with a finance degree. Gain the skills you need to succeed in a wide range of careers, including:

  • Financial planner
  • Investment banker
  • Corporate financial anaylst
  • Stockbroker
  • Web server administrator
  • Linux specialist
  • Network technician

Career Outlook

Financial analysts may specialize. Those in investment banking study the companies that want to sell stock to the public for the first time. They also might study the pros and cons of a merger (when two companies join together) or a takeover (when one company buys another). Some financial analysts are ratings analysts who find out if companies can pay their debts.

Salary Information

The median salary financial analysts earned ranged from $50,700 to $90,690 a year in 2006. The lowest-paid 10% made less than $40,340. The highest-paid 10% made more than $130,130.

Growth Statistics

Even with the recent downturn in the housing and financial sectors of the country, job growth for financial analysts and advisors from now until 2012 will be somewhere near 15%-30%.