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Finance & Financial Management at Western Carolina University

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Finance & Financial Management at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and has a total student population of 12,243. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from WCU.

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.

WCU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at WCU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WCU does offer online courses in finance for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

WCU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at WCU 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 WCU 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
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 381
602

Earnings of WCU Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at WCU is $38,206. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

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Finance Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from WCU. About 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at WCU since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

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About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 42
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

WCU 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers 54,330 $131,600
Financial Managers 15,730 $149,710
Loan Officers 13,910 $72,210
Tellers 11,850 $32,100
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 11,080 $88,810

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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