Finance at Samford University

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 5,729 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.

Samford Finance Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Samford Finance Rankings

The finance major at Samford 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 Samford

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

Samford Finance Bachelor’s Program

34% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 Samford since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Samford 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 Samford University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	44
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Financial Managers	4,910	$128,690
Loan Officers	3,910	$67,860
Personal Financial Advisors	1,990	$117,350
Chief Executives	1,390	$204,590

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
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