Occupations/13-2054.00

Financial Risk Specialists

Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

54%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

28%

Fewer uniquely human demands

Task orientation

37%

More resilient

Core tasks

    Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

    • Repeating same tasks3.00
    • Degree of automation2.00
    • Time sitting3.00
    • Originality (ability)3.00
    • Conflict situations3.00
    • Hands-on objects/tools3.00
    • Outdoors / weather1.50
    • Disease exposure1.50
    • Decision freedom3.00

    Top abilities

      Essential skills

        CIP matches

        27.0305Financial Mathematics52.0215Risk Management52.0301Accounting52.0304Accounting and Finance52.0305Accounting and Business/Management52.0601Business/Managerial Economics52.0801Finance, General52.0806International Finance52.0807Investments and Securities52.0808Public Finance52.0810Financial Risk Management52.1304Actuarial Science

        Schools offering related programs

        12 of 89 shown

        Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

        InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

        New York University

        New York, NY · Private nonprofit

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $60,40012%88%

        1 yr $122,038

        2 yr $98,743

        Master's · CIP 27.03

        Massachusetts Institute of Technology

        Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $60,1004%96%

        1 yr $104,749

        2 yr $90,856

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        Stanford University

        Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $62,4004%96%

        1 yr —

        2 yr $97,071

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        Boston University

        Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $65,20014%89%

        1 yr —

        2 yr $97,071

        Master's · CIP 27.03

        Columbia University in the City of New York

        New York, NY · Private nonprofit

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $68,2004%96%

        1 yr $91,744

        2 yr $84,653

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        University of California-Los Angeles

        Los Angeles, CA · Public

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $13,8009%92%

        1 yr $79,284

        2 yr $65,387

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        University of Washington-Seattle Campus

        Seattle, WA · Public

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $12,60048%84%

        1 yr $76,460

        2 yr $68,778

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

        Atlanta, GA · Public

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $11,80017%91%

        1 yr $74,576

        2 yr $47,260

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

        Chapel Hill, NC · Public

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $9,00017%91%

        1 yr $68,666

        2 yr $67,660

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis

        Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $18,600100%64%

        1 yr $68,499

        2 yr $69,338

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College

        Chicago, IL · Public

        Financial Mathematics

        27.0305

        $4,600100%27%

        1 yr $67,660

        2 yr —

        Bachelor's · CIP 27.03

        Georgetown University

        Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

        Risk Management

        52.0215

        $65,40012%95%

        1 yr $67,660

        2 yr $69,338

        Bachelor's · CIP 52.02