Finance at Portland State University

Every finance 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 Portland State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 23,640.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

Portland State University Finance Degrees Available

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

Portland State University Finance Rankings

The finance major at Portland State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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 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 Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Portland State University are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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	18
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	58
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Portland State University Finance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of finance master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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
Loan Officers	4,410	$76,680
Financial Analysts	2,390	$92,640
Personal Financial Advisors	2,050	$117,730

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.