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Finance & Financial Management at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UK.

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.

UK Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UK Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UK compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UK 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
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 129
317

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in finance from UK. This is the #176 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UK Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UK is $50,819. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $48,896 for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

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Finance Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

25% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The finance program at UK awarded 267 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 200
International Students 29
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

UK 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers 30,240 $89,750
Tellers 6,970 $27,770
Financial Managers 6,190 $114,420
Loan Officers 5,300 $67,450
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 3,430 $36,350

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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