Finance at American University

Every finance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at American University stacks up to those at other schools.

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 14,001 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

The American University Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

The American University Finance Rankings

The finance major at The American University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Finance Student Demographics at The American University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at American University.

The American University Finance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at The American University since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

The American University Finance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of finance master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for American University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
General and Operations Managers	25,930	$150,970
Financial Managers	6,900	$166,710
Financial Analysts	3,850	$102,510
Financial Specialists	3,070	$107,760
Chief Executives	1,880	$247,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Samschoe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.