Finance & Financial Management at Lamar 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 Lamar University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and approximately 16,637 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lamar University in 2021, 40 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.

Lamar University Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Lamar University Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Lamar University 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 Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	527

Finance Student Demographics at Lamar University

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

Lamar University Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from Lamar University. About 53% were men and 48% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Lamar University since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Lamar University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lamar University 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
• Marketing
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurial Studies

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 TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Tellers	47,520	$28,710
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	43,170	$85,720
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Bill and Account Collectors	28,350	$36,590

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.