Finance & Financial Management at Fort Hays State University

If you plan to study finance and financial management, take a look at what Fort Hays State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FHSU is located in Hays, Kansas and approximately 15,033 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,223 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays State University in 2021, 194 of them were finance and financial management majors.

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

FHSU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at FHSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, FHSU does offer online courses in finance for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

FHSU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at FHSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at FHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance & Financial Management. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
	467
	544

How Much Do Finance Graduates from FHSU Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at FHSU is $44,719. This is less than $48,896, which is the national average of all finance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Finance Student Demographics at FHSU

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

FHSU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 194 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance & Financial Management from FHSU in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at FHSU since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	23
International Students	164
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FHSU also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

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 KS, the home state for Fort Hays State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
General and Operations Managers	18,240	$97,920
Tellers	6,030	$28,150
Bill and Account Collectors	4,610	$33,640
Financial Managers	3,990	$129,660
Loan Officers	3,910	$84,320

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 Sesamehoneytart under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.