Finance & Financial Management at Western Carolina University

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every finance & 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 Western Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and has a total student population of 12,243.

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

WCU Finance & Financial Management 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.

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

32% Women

13% 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 29% women. So female students are more repesented at WCU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	70
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Finance & Financial Management

If you plan to be a finance major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	51

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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