Finance & Financial Management at Hofstra University

Every finance and 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 Hofstra University stacks up to those at other schools.

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and approximately 10,444 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,617 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University in 2021, 87 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.

Hofstra Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

Hofstra Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Hofstra 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 Hofstra 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
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools	57
	261
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	339

In 2021, 73 students received their master’s degree in finance from Hofstra. This makes it the #10 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Hofstra Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Hofstra is $52,070. This is 6% higher than $48,896, which is the national average for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at Hofstra

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

Hofstra Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 87 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from Hofstra in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Hofstra are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	44
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Hofstra Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

The finance program at Hofstra awarded 73 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Hofstra 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
• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business

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 NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	68,120	$161,580
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Personal Financial Advisors	26,710	$164,260

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 Dan14641 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.