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Finance at University of Maryland - College Park

Finance at University of Maryland - College Park

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland - College Park. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and has a total student population of 40,709.

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

UMCP Finance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
  • Master’s Degree in Finance

UMCP Finance Rankings

The finance major at UMCP 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 UMCP

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

UMCP Finance Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at UMCP since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UMCP are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 91
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 28
White 238
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 29

UMCP Finance Master’s Program

34% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of finance master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 28
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
General and Operations Managers 48,180 $137,700
Financial Managers 12,550 $152,180
Financial Analysts 5,640 $92,800
Financial Specialists 5,260 $77,440
Loan Officers 5,080 $84,240

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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