The finance faculty serve as mentors and advisors to business students during their undergraduate years at UNI. Classes average between 30 and 40 students for courses within the finance major.

The Finance Department works with Iowa businesses, the UNI Career Center, the Finance Department Advisory Board, and the Real Estate Education Program Advisory Council to develop internship and cooperative education opportunities for finance students. Every year, 50 to 60 students complete cooperative education assignments working for companies such as Equitable of Iowa, Principal Financial, Aegon, Hubbell Realty, AmerUs, Wells Fargo, Firstar Bank Corp., New York Life Insurance Co., Johnston Financial Services, Generations Financial, Life Investors, American Financial Management, Piper Jaffray, Lincoln Savings Bank, GMAC Mortgage, Cedar Valley Hospice, Allen Hospital and Covenant Hospital.

The Real Estate major requires a minimum of 120 total hours to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements and the following specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 120 hours.