Finance & Financial Management at Washington University in St Louis

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 Washington University in St Louis stacks up to those at other schools.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449. Of the 2,441 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St Louis in 2021, 163 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.

WUSTL Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at WUSTL 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	57

In 2021, 68 students received their master’s degree in finance from WUSTL. This makes it the #14 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from WUSTL Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at WUSTL is $83,311. This is 70% higher than $48,896, which is the national average for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 163 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from WUSTL. Of these graduates, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at WUSTL are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	88
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WUSTL Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

Of the 68 finance students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WUSTL, about 47% were men and 53% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
General and Operations Managers	46,490	$105,280
Tellers	11,080	$27,800
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	8,340	$38,350
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	7,780	$80,280
Financial Managers	7,630	$136,520

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.