JUMP START VAnderbilt Young Professional Programs
MS Finance | Master of Accountancy (MAcc) | MAcc Valuation Accelerator®—Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute
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VANDERBILT In an average year, 1.75 million Americans graduate from college. They, and you, will be in the market with everyone else competing for career-building jobs. We’d like to suggest several proven ways to swing the odds in your favor: innovative, career-launching programs ranging from a four-week summer business “boot camp” to one-year programs in finance or accounting.
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Get equipped with skills and door-o “I was looking for a school that would accept non-accounting majors and help them launch a career with a top firm. Owen does just that.”
ALEXandra HALE Vanderbilt MAcc | 2012 PricewaterhouseCoopers University of Georgia (International Business)
“I wanted to build technical skills and have a chance to network with smart, hardworking people. I learned about finance but also about other topics such as negotiation and real estate. And I got a great job I could not have otherwise gotten.”
Chase Seaver
Vanderbilt MS Finance | 2012 Investment Banking Analyst, Raymond James Birmingham Southern (Philosophy)
“Owen is unique in that they are focused on your professional development as well as academics.”
Sarah Byrd
Vanderbilt MAcc | 2012 KPMG Vanderbilt University (Economics)
opening connections to launch a busin “Accelerator helped me to have a better understanding of the business world, as well as myself. ”
“I will never be a quant, but I wanted to improve my quantitative skills. I wanted to rebrand myself as someone who was serious about a career in finance and up to the challenge.”
Stella Dadson
Sheila Swedberg
Accelerator®—Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute | 2013 Davidson College (Economics)
Vanderbilt MS Finance | 2012 Financial Analyst, Caterpillar Boston University (Business)
“I came back from my valuation internship at Deloitte with a full-time offer. I attribute much of my success while there to the development I received at Owen.”
Max Dutcher
Vanderbilt MAcc Valuation | 2013 Business Valuation Associate, Deloitte Furman University (Business Administration )
We can’t wait to help you get started.
ness career. “Public accounting is not just sitting down at a desk crunching numbers all day. It’s a very team-oriented, very people-oriented environment. It’s a service industry, so what the firm has to offer its clients is its people.”
Daniel Astrop Vanderbilt Macc | 2012 Ernst & Young Davidson College (Economics)
Vanderbilt isn’t just world-class. It’s distinctive. We do business a little differently than most schools. We think that makes a big difference for our students. We take business personally. Our focus is on knowing you as a person, not just a student: your strengths, your needs, your aspirations. We welcome poets, quants and historians. What we look for most in students is not your undergraduate major but the qualities that reliably predict success. Like strong academic performance (including GMAT or GRE scores), aptitude for problem-solving, solid communication and interpersonal skills and a keen work ethic. We’re small. On purpose. For you, our selectivity means smaller class sizes and closer relationships with peers. It also means you’ll learn from world-class faculty who’ll know you by name—and who become mentors and gateways to invaluable opportunities.
Your success is our business. Whatever program you choose, we—meaning our faculty, our staff, our alumni—are focused on helping you to achieve your professional goals and make the critical connections that lead to jobs. That’s our promise. And our history.
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Which program is right for you? We’d love to talk with you about your goals, your interests and how we might help you fulfill them. Learn more at owen.vanderbilt.edu/yp
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Your ticket to a top-ranked firm. No experience necessary.
Master of Accountancy (MAcc) A one-year degree that offers a fast track to a career in public accounting. The Vanderbilt Master of Accountancy (MAcc) provides talented, well-rounded college graduates with the managerial perspective, leadership and communication skills and accounting knowledge needed to start a career as an associate with one of the leading global public accounting firms—Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG and PwC. These positions offer an excellent vantage point to “learn the language of business” and serve as ground-floor opportunities for rapid advancement and a variety of career options.
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First time CPA pass rate for the Class of 2012
* Multi-year average
• Structured recruiting process and unparalleled access to executives at partner firms • Small class size that offers close and enduring relationships with classmates and professors • Special programs and coaching for professional development • Opportunity for paid internship in spring • Preparation for CPA exam built into the program • No requirement for an undergraduate degree in business or accounting
Program length
Twelve months, full time
Designed for
Recent college graduates who have the communication and analytical skills to succeed in a demanding and fast-paced business environment.
Class profile* Class size—28 Age—23 Undergraduate GPA—3.57 GMAT—688 Women—43% Companies that hire
Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC
Start at the intersection of finance and accounting. And make yourself very valuable.
MAcc Valuation
A one-year degree to launch a career in the valuation service line of an international professional services firm. Designed in partnership with our five global partner firms, the Vanderbilt MAcc Valuation program meets the growing need for young professionals who have the intellectual and academic skills, the credentials and the interpersonal savvy to grow and succeed in this specialized business segment—one in which you will be challenged to determine the value of both intangible assets and the obligations for your firm’s clients and use that knowledge to provide expert advice and counsel to shape critical business decisions.
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The percentage of students who received internship offers from our partner firms
* Multi-year average
• Structured recruiting process and unparalleled access to executives at partner firms • Small class size that offers close and enduring relationships with classmates and professors • Special programming in professional development • Opportunity for paid internship in spring • Preparation for both the CFA and CPA exams built into the program
Program length
Twelve months, full time
Designed for
Recent college graduates who demonstrate the ability to develop strong client-facing skills as well as a mastery of finance and accounting.
Class profile* Class size—12 Age—23 Undergraduate GPA—3.67 GMAT—700 Women—47% Companies that hire
Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC
Your fast track to a finance career.
MS Finance A nine-month advanced degree providing the skills, connections and credentials needed to open the door to a career in finance. This nine-month program can open the door to a wide array of career possibilities in corporate finance, investment banking, sales and trading, asset management, real estate, consulting, investment research and more. You’ll learn from the faculty in Vanderbilt’s world-renowned, industry-shaping finance department. And you’ll reap the rewards of a rigorous yet flexible curriculum that allows you to tailor your studies with MBA-level electives.
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The number of electives that you can take to customize your degree. * Multi-year average
• One-on-one career coaching, interview preparation and networking visits • Small, diverse cohort that offers close and enduring relationships with classmates and professors • Support to design a curriculum based on your interests and background • A global network of Vanderbilt finance alumni stretching from Hong Kong to New York • Ability to take MBA-level electives • On-campus company info sessions and recruiting Program length
Nine months, full time
Designed for
Recent college graduates with strong analytical skills and a quantitative aptitude.
Class profile* Class size—41 Age—24 Undergraduate GPA—3.58 GMAT—700 Women—26% Foreign Nationals—35% Companies that hire (partial list)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, Bridgewater Associates, Credit Suisse, Deloitte Consulting, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley
Give yourself a killer resume in just 28 days.
Accelerator®—Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute An intensive summer business boot camp that builds skills and an impressive resume. In four fast-paced weeks, you can get both the knowledge and hands-on business experience that can help you land a job after graduation. Designed for undergraduates and recent college graduates—especially those who did not major in a business-related field—Accelerator is a non-degree program that combines classroom learning with projects that allow student teams to act as consultants—solving real problems for real companies and presenting their ideas to management.
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• Offers the nuts and bolts of marketing, logistics, finance, operations and branding as well as soft skills such as client service and presentations • Focus on working in (and leading) teams • Develop your career prospects with resume review, mock interviews and networking exercises • Provides a “taste” of a graduate business program
Program length
28 days
Designed for
Undergraduates and recent college graduates (any major) with a strong record of achievement and the desire to learn and apply new concepts.
Class profile* Class size—64 Women—40% Recent Graduates—18% Rising Seniors—32% Rising Juniors—41% Rising Sophomores—9% Undergraduate GPA—3.35 Consulting project clients** sponsored Accelerator projects
American Airlines, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Captain D’s, Coca-Cola, FedEx, Humana, Lexus, Nissan, PNC, Sony BMG Entertainment, Whirlpool, William Morris
* Multi-year average ** Consulting clients vary from year to year but are selected to represent a variety of industries and organizations, large and small, for-profit and non-profit.