Finance & Financial Management at University of Wisconsin - Madison

Every finance and financial management 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 University of Wisconsin - Madison stacks up to those at other schools.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,926 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2021, 440 of them were finance and financial management majors.

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.

UW - Madison Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

UW - Madison Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UW - Madison 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 UW - Madison 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
	13
	30
Best Value Finance & Financial Management Schools	195

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in finance from UW - Madison. This makes it the #62 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UW - Madison Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Madison is $61,474. This is 26% higher than $48,896, which is the national average for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 440 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW - Madison, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UW - Madison 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	329
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UW - Madison Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

Of the 23 finance students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UW - Madison, about 74% were men and 26% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from UW - Madison, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business
• General Business/Commerce

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
General and Operations Managers	33,340	$126,950
Tellers	11,060	$28,870
Financial Managers	7,420	$134,850
Loan Officers	7,090	$73,390
Chief Executives	5,240	$154,820

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.