Finance & Financial Management at George Mason University

Every finance & financial management 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 George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

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.

GMU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

GMU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The finance major at GMU 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.

Finance Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

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 29% women. So female students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	23
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GMU Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of finance master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Finance & Financial Management

If you plan to be a finance major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at George Mason University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	169

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality Management
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Financial Managers	15,180	$164,030
Tellers	10,980	$31,220
Loan Officers	10,140	$80,440
Financial Analysts	8,550	$97,990

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.