The Finance graduate from UDLA is a professional with solid knowledge of business finance practices, capable of generating effective business proposals, and a decision-making orientation that serves as the foundation of proper planning and the appropriate use of resources.
The Finance graduate analyzes and interprets the financial information of a company, formulates investment opportunities, collects and systematizes data in order to assess costs, benefits, and risks through statistical methods and financial models. He is able to propose strategies that optimize financial management within an organization, and to generate financially viable and sustainable business proposals in the short and long term. Such knowledge includes understanding the operation of national and international financial markets and applying criteria for the valuation of companies, risk assets, and financial instruments that allow structuring optimal investment portfolios that minimize related risks.
UDLA's Finance graduate is expected to be an active participant in the financial development of the country, consistently acting in an objective, ethical, and honest way, and contributing to society in a responsible manner.
Demographic Data: Program headcount totals the number of students enrolled yearly and a breakdown by men and women. Enrollment by ethnicity presents data on the most representative ethnic groups of the program.
Student Completion:
Retention and graduation rates are calculated through the 2021-2022 academic year, based on new, first-time students entering in the fall semester, regardless of whether they enroll in the daytime or evening version of their program (if available). These rates do not consider incoming transfer students. Retention rates are calculated in 1 and 2 years.
Graduation rates are calculated according to each program’s duration length (100%) and within 150% of the normal time for a bachelor’s degree. The percentage of graduates in each cohort by gender considers only actual graduates, not the original makeup of the cohort.
Scholarship information: Information is divided by the type of scholarship granted.
Geographic Data: Presents the composition of the students of the program.
Add'l. Demogr. Data: Includes information on marital status, disability, and first-generation students.
In every semester, the program provides assessment results according to its Multiannual Assessment Plan (MAP), which typically considers one or more of its program learning outcomes (PLOs). Most programs utilize the platform Brightspace to collect and assess student work and to present the data and evidence of student achievement. These results and their analysis, with the objective of identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s annual assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent period in which a PLO has been assessed is indicated, with the percentage indicating achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, according to the rubric used to evaluate the student work. This standard can be designated at an introductory, intermediate, or final level, depending upon how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) align to each PLO in the program’s curriculum map.