• An MBA in finance can lead to a career as a CFO or investment banker.businessman image by Mark Aplet from Fotolia.com
  
  A master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in finance can prepare you for a career managing financial assets for a retail bank, investment bank, corporation, nonprofit agency or government agency. You might specialize in financial markets, private investment, risk management, real estate, mergers and acquisitions or public finance. Whatever your careers goals, earning an MBA in finance will give you a broad understanding of advanced business functions while providing specialized training in financial theory and analysis.
  
  

Unversity of Pennsylvania

• The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania offers an MBA with a major in finance, which is the program's most popular major. The school encourages a team approach, with first-year MBA students working in cohorts with five to six classmates. According to the university's website, the Wharton School has more than 250 faculty members and more than 20 research centers and initiatives that "connect cutting-edge research to real-world business practice." U.S. News & World Report ranked the Wharton MBA in finance No. 1 in the U.S. in 2010.
  
  University of Pennsylvania
  Wharton School
  420 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
  3730 Walnut St.
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  215-898-6183
  upenn.edu
  
  

University of Chicago

• The Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago offers an MBA with a concentration in finance or analytic finance. The program features a flexible curriculum, with opportunities for multiple concentrations and multidisciplinary study. According to the the university's website, the Booth School offers more advanced finance courses than any other business school in the nation. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Booth MBA in finance No. 2 in the nation in 2010.
  
  University of Chicago
  Booth School of Business
  5807 S. Woodlawn Ave.
  Chicago, IL 60637
  773-702-7369
  chicagobooth.edu
  
  

New York University

• The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University offers an MBA with several finance options. Students can specialize in finance, corporate finance, financial instruments and markets, financial systems and analytics, or quantitative finance. The school also offers a slef-paced, part-time MBA that can be completed in two to six years, which offers the same finance specializations. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Stern MBA in finance No. 3 in the nation in 2010.
  
  New York University
  Leonard N. Stern School of Business
  44 W. Fourth St.
  New York, NY 10012-1126
  212-998-0600
  stern.nyu.edu