Financial Mathematics at Bentley University

What traits are you looking for in a financial math school? To help you decide if Bentley University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's financial math program.

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 Financial Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Bentley Financial Mathematics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Financial Math

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 financial math at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Bentley Financial Mathematics Rankings

Financial Math Student Demographics at Bentley

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

Bentley Financial Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of financial math master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% women graduate in financial math each year. Bentley does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 2% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Financial Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in financial math 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
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Financial Specialists	2,890	$88,370
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200
Economists	1,150	$117,680

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.