Finance & Financial Management at Northwood University

What traits are you looking for in a finance school? To help you decide if Northwood University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's finance program.

Northwood is located in Midland, Michigan and has a total student population of 2,541. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Northwood.

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.

Northwood Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Northwood

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Northwood offers distance education options for finance at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Northwood Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Northwood 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 Online Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Online Finance & Financial Management Schools	23
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	39
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Schools	52
Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Best Finance & Financial Management Schools	148
Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252
Best Value Finance & Financial Management Schools	325
	393

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in finance from Northwood. This makes it the #89 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from Northwood Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwood is $46,230. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at Northwood

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

Northwood Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Northwood 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 Northwood University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	35
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Northwood Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students graduated with a master's degree in finance from Northwood. About 43% were men and 57% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from Northwood, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Insurance
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• 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 MI, the home state for Northwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Tellers	15,180	$30,150
Financial Managers	14,760	$128,270
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	8,670	$79,320
Financial Analysts	6,090	$84,410

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.