Finance & Financial Management at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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 - Milwaukee stacks up to those at other schools.

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,975 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2021, 201 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.

UWM Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UWM Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UWM 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	44

Earnings of UWM Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWM is $45,310. This is less than $48,896, which is the national average of all finance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Finance Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 201 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from UWM. Of these graduates, 74% were men and 26% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UWM 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 - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	140
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Human Resource Management

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 - Milwaukee.

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.