Finance at Eastern Illinois University

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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

EIU Finance Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

EIU Finance Rankings

The finance major at EIU 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 EIU

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

EIU Finance Bachelor’s Program

33% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at EIU since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at EIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Loan Officers	12,330	$81,620
Chief Executives	9,650	$230,070

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
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