Finance & Financial Management at Portland State University

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

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 23,640. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 147 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Portland State University.

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.

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Portland State 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 Portland State 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
	285

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in finance from Portland State University. This makes it the #138 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from Portland State University Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Portland State University is $49,432. This is 1% higher than $48,896, which is the national average for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 147 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Portland State University. About 37% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Portland State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	58
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a master's degree in finance from Portland State University. About 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from Portland State University, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Business/Corporate Communications
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
General and Operations Managers	32,960	$107,670
Financial Managers	7,830	$118,680
Tellers	4,820	$30,390
Loan Officers	4,410	$76,680
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	4,030	$66,120

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.