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Wall Street Journal ranks Cornerstone University as one of America's best colleges 2025.

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Solve Financial Challenges with a Business Finance Bachelor’s Degree

Master the capability of managing money and creating effective financial strategies with a B.S. in Business Finance from Cornerstone University. Gain a solid foundation in financial markets, investment strategies, corporate finance, and risk management while developing key skills in financial analysis, budgeting, and portfolio management. With Christian insights, hands-on experience, practical applications, and the option to add a Certified Financial Planning (CFP) minor, you’ll be equipped to make data-driven decisions and lead with integrity.

Develop Market-Ready Skills for Business Finance Degree Professionals

Gain highly sought-after skills through Cornerstone’s 120-credit-hour career-focused finance curriculum:

Accounting and Finance Basics – Able to interpret financial statements, manage budgets, and follow regulations to understand a company’s financial performance.

Strategic Planning and Investments – Use data analysis to forecast trends, solve challenges, and develop actionable financial and investment portfolio strategies.

Technology Proficiency – Familiarity with tools like Excel, Power BI, and financial modeling software highlights your technical expertise.

Communication – Able to explain complex financial data clearly through reports and visualizations to enhance informed decision-making, encourage collaboration and build trust.

Collaboration & Team Management – Lead cross-departmental teams, fostering collaboration, and aligning financial goals with organizational objectives.

Morally Grounded Ethical Decision-Making – Use data-driven strategies guided by Christ-centered integrity, transparency, and ethical responsibility for long-term influence.

Courses & Minor

Cornerstone is ready to help you excel in your chosen field. The courses below reflect just a few of the general education and industry-focused courses you will experience to achieve your degree. As a business finance major, you may also add a minor in personal certified financial planning.

Featured CoursesPersonal Certified Financial Planning MinorGeneral Education

Featured Courses

BUS-114: Data Analysis & Visualization

Learn tools and techniques for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing large data sets, gaining skills to tackle big data challenges across industries.

FIN-371: Investments

Understand capital allocation in financial markets, covering market operations, regulation, asset classes, portfolio management, risk-return analysis and trading.

FIN-342: Corporate Finance

Apply finance principles to real-world business through case studies and analyzing current financial topics.

BUS-361: Business Law

Explore key legal topics — contracts, property law, bank deposits, bankruptcy, business entities, and employment law — while emphasizing practical business applications and biblical principles.

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Personal Certified Financial Planning Minor

On-campus students can add the Personal Certified Financial Planning minor to their graduation plan by taking an additional seven courses. 

ACC-327: Taxation

Examine the federal income tax structure for individuals, partnerships, and corporations, emphasizing the underlying theory, laws, and regulations.

FIN-371: Investments

Learn capital allocation within markets, investment operations, regulations, asset classes, portfolio management, risk-return analysis, and trading strategies.

FIN-374: Insurance & Risk Management

Explore the principles of personal and business insurance, business exposures, coverage types, and risk minimization strategies.

FIN-382: Foundations of Personal Financial Planning

Learn client communication, behavioral finance, financial statement analysis, risk management, insurance, time value of money, education funding, investments, retirement, estate planning, economics, and ethics.

FIN-384: Employee Benefits & Retirement Planning

Examine retirement goals, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, retirement plans, regulatory rules, taxation, distribution strategies, and nonqualified executive benefit plans.

FIN-386: Estate Planning

Understand essential documents, property ownership, probate, wealth transfer, gift and estate tax, trusts, wills, powers of attorney, advanced directives, business transfers, and postmortem affairs.

FIN-388: Certified Financial Planning® Capstone

Integrate and apply financial planning knowledge by developing and presenting a comprehensive financial plan, adhering to CFP Board’s Practice Standards.

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General Education

A Christian Worldview of Liberal Arts and the G.O.O.D. Life

The humanities are integral to Cornerstone’s liberal arts approach, exploring culture, literature, history, and philosophy through a Christian worldview. Developed by our renowned Christian worldview scholars, students consider how to apply G.O.O.D. Life Biblical principles to inspire their spiritual growth and to profoundly influence society, industry and ministry for Jesus Christ. Our G.O.O.D. Life foundations guide students to answer life’s biggest questions from a rich Biblical perspective to shape Christ-centered moral leaders.

  • God: Who is God? What is His beauty, goodness and greatness?
  • Others: What does it mean to live in a community with responsibility and grace?
  • Ourselves: Who am I? What is the beauty and frailty of being human?
  • Dual Citizenship: What is my role as a citizen of heaven and earth?
  • Life: How do we live, know, and love the good life, valuing truth, beauty, and goodness?

Influential Careers with a Bachelor of Science in Business Finance Degree

  • Budget Analyst
  • Credit Analyst
  • Personal Financial Advisor
  • Tax Associate
  • Financial or Wealth Advisor
  • Financial Planner
  • Controller
  • Risk Analyst
  • Staff Accountant
  • Compliance Officer

Tuition

On-Campus

On-Campus

$22,000 per year

Generous scholarship and payment options available.
Review information about student fees and housing packages on our Tuition & Fees page.

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Your Degree Starts Here

Start your degree at one of the most affordable Christian universities in the region. An admissions counselor is ready to help you begin the enrollment process.

  1. Apply — our application is free.
  2. Set goals — your admissions counselor is here to guide you.
  3. Maximize your credits — you could transfer in up to 75% of your degree credits.
  4. Discover affordability — scholarships and grants are available for qualified students.

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