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Career Opportunities

Explore internships, industry connections, and career support for UL Lafayette economics, finance, and insurance and risk management majors.

In the Department of Economics & Finance, career preparation starts long before graduation. You can manage a real investment portfolio, complete your own economics research, or build a risk management proposal for a real business, so you'll finish your degree with real work to point to, not just coursework.

Along the way, you'll meet the people who hire in your field. Industry leaders and alumni speak to student organizations like the Risk Management & Insurance Society, and internships put you inside banks, insurers, and businesses while you're still in school. Whether you're planning your first internship or preparing for your first job, here's where to start.

Career Support

For help with your resume, interview skills, and job or internship search, visit Career Services.

Careers by Major

Economics graduates work in private industry, government at every level, and nonprofit organizations, in fields like banking, insurance, international trade, real estate, and health care administration. Common roles include:

  • Market analyst
  • Budget analyst
  • Trade specialist
  • City planner
  • Investment banker

You'll build your analytical skills with econometrics and real economic data, and complete an original research project before you graduate. Economics is also a strong foundation for law school or graduate study. Julianna Brooks, a 2017 graduate, now works as a market analyst.

Finance graduates work as analysts, advisors, and planners for businesses, banks, individuals, and governments, in corporate finance, banking, investments, financial planning, real estate, and insurance. Common roles include:

  • Financial analyst
  • Financial advisor or planner
  • Portfolio manager
  • Credit analyst
  • Mortgage advisor
  • Insurance underwriter

You'll graduate with hands-on experience from the Maraist Financial Services Lab, where you can manage a real portfolio for the UL Lafayette Foundation and earn Bloomberg Market Concepts certification. Kori Comeaux, a 2015 graduate, is a financial advisor with Edward Jones.

Insurance and risk management graduates help companies, nonprofits, and government agencies identify and manage the risks they face, in insurance companies, agencies, and brokerages, corporate risk management, employee benefits, and financial planning. Common roles include:

  • Risk analyst
  • Risk manager
  • Insurance underwriter
  • Claims adjuster
  • Insurance agent
  • Financial planner

You'll present a risk management proposal for a real business in your senior seminar and meet industry leaders through a program founded and supported by insurance professionals. Colby T. Allen is a project manager at McGriff Insurance. 

Internships

Business majors can start earning course credit for internships in their junior year through the Moody Business Internship Program, which covers eligibility, applications, and prerequisites. A few options are built into our programs:

  • Insurance and risk management: Earn credit for supervised work in the insurance industry through internship courses in insurance and risk management.
  • Human Resource Management concentration: Insurance and risk management majors in this concentration complete a required management internship.

Alumni Career Stories

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Meet Eric Bartel, UL Lafayette alum in finance and insurance & risk management

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Kori Comeaux landed her dream job four years after graduating

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Iolani parks double majored in insurance & risk management and finance as a student

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