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Finance & Financial Management at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UW.

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 Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UW offers distance education options for finance at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

UW Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

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 UW 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 Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools 111

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in finance from UW. This makes it the #111 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UW Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW is $41,651. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

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Finance Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

32% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 68% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UW since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 26
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

UW Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

38% Women
Of the 8 students who graduated with a master’s in finance from UW in 2021, 63% were men and 38% were women.

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Of the students who received a finance master's degree from UW, 88% 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 Wyoming with a master's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UW 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
General and Operations Managers 5,250 $105,920
Tellers 1,000 $28,810
Loan Officers 790 $69,530
Financial Managers 680 $116,920
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 480 $39,120

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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