Finance & Financial Management at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,130 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Ship.

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.

Ship Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at Ship

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Ship does offer online education options in finance for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Ship Finance & Financial Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how Ship performed in these rankings.

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 Ship 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
Most Focused Finance & Financial Management Schools	89
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	202
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Earnings of Ship Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ship is $48,590. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at Ship

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

Ship Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance & Financial Management from Ship in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Ship since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	41
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Tellers	20,500	$29,360
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	13,800	$86,970
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870

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 Cgboeree under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.