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Finance at Virginia Commonwealth University

Finance at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

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

VCU Finance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

VCU Finance Rankings

The finance major at VCU 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 VCU

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

VCU Finance Bachelor’s Program

23% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 77% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 14
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 34
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers 52,440 $142,000
Financial Managers 15,180 $164,030
Loan Officers 10,140 $80,440
Financial Analysts 8,550 $97,990
Chief Executives 5,760 $228,540

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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