Finance at Bentley University

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at Bentley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,177.

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

Bentley Finance Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Bentley

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Bentley offers distance education options for finance at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Bentley Finance Rankings

The finance major at Bentley 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 Bentley

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

Bentley Finance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Bentley are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	153
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Bentley Finance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of finance master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from Bentley, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	58
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Financial Planning & Services

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 MA, the home state for Bentley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Personal Financial Advisors	9,060	$128,140
Chief Executives	7,990	$221,810

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 Rob1646 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.