Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

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Careers involved in managing a company’s capital structure and corporate financial strategies, operations, and investments, including venture capital and private equity.
This field also includes careers focused on the acquisition of investment offerings such as stocks, bonds, fixed-income products, pension plans, emerging digital assets, and other resources aimed at income generation or asset appreciation. The Sub-Cluster encompasses tactics for small business fundraising and financing via microlending and operational scaling and for devising exit strategies to evolve startups into sustainable enterprises. Professionals in this field ensure that financial practices and transactions adhere to legal and ethical standards.
Example programs of study:
  • Business Administration
  • Securities & Investments
CodeOccupation
43-4011.00Brokerage Clerks
15-2051.01Business Intelligence Analysts Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
43-4021.00Correspondence Clerks
15-2051.00Data Scientists Bright Outlook
13-2051.00Financial and Investment Analysts Bright Outlook
43-3099.00Financial Clerks, All Other
13-2099.01Financial Quantitative Analysts
13-2054.00Financial Risk Specialists Bright Outlook
13-2099.00Financial Specialists, All Other
13-2099.04Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
11-2033.00Fundraising Managers
15-2099.00Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other
15-2021.00Mathematicians
13-2052.00Personal Financial Advisors Bright Outlook
41-3031.00Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
15-2041.00Statisticians Bright Outlook
13-2082.00Tax Preparers Bright Outlook

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework by Advance CTE (2024 edition).