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Finance & Financial Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

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Finance & Financial Management at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. In 2021, 276 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

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.

Purdue Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Purdue Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The finance major at Purdue 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.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from Purdue Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $53,751. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $48,896 for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

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Finance Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

28% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 276 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue. Of these graduates, 72% were men and 28% were women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Purdue are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 25
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 164
International Students 62
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers 54,610 $103,370
Tellers 9,880 $27,900
Financial Managers 7,520 $119,820
Loan Officers 4,850 $67,450
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 4,830 $92,400

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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