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Finance at Purdue University - Main Campus

Finance at Purdue University - Main Campus

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 Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue Finance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Purdue Finance Rankings

The finance major at Purdue 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 Purdue

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

Purdue Finance Bachelor’s Program

24% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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About 61% 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 21
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 118
International Students 29
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

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
Financial Managers 7,520 $119,820
Loan Officers 4,850 $67,450
Chief Executives 4,220 $148,730
Personal Financial Advisors 3,740 $111,330

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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