From: Pamplin College of Business
The Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech is launching a new graduate degree option: the Master of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance (MSBA–Finance). Applications for the first class are open now through June 15 and the inaugural cohort begins Summer II 2026.
The 30-credit, one-year program pairs an MBA business core with a focused finance sequence covering corporate finance, investments, derivatives, global markets, and valuation. Anchored in Pamplin’s nationally recognized Department of Finance, the MSBA–Finance is designed to prepare graduates for careers in corporate finance, banking, financial and strategy consulting, risk management, capital markets, and investment management.
The program is built for graduates with strong quantitative backgrounds, including economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, physics, business information technology, decision support systems, and computational modeling and data analytics. Students will work to build fluency in financial modeling, valuation, and the quantitative methods that drive decisions in today’s capital markets.
The MSBA–Finance joins Pamplin’s existing portfolio of one-year, focused master’s degrees in the M.S. in Business Administration portfolio, alongside concentrations in business analytics and hospitality & tourism management. Coursework takes place in Blacksburg, and students progress through the entire program together as a cohort, building professional relationships that carry forward throughout their careers.
Applications for the inaugural cohort will be reviewed on a rolling basis through June 15, 2026. Learn more about the curriculum, admissions requirements, and application process at msba.vt.edu/fin.
