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Basic Certificate in Finance & Financial Management

Basic Certificates in Finance & Financial Management

4,542 Yearly Graduations
33% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were men, and 16% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.3% of finance graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Finance Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 4,542 people earned their basic certificate in finance. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in finance at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 47,462
Basic Certificate 4,542
Master’s Degree 4,173
Graduate Certificate 1,301
Associate Degree 332
Undergraduate Certificate 161
Doctor’s Degree 42

Earnings of Finance Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for finance majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for finance students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in finance. About 66.7% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 3,029
Women 1,513
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The racial-ethnic distribution of finance basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 158
Black or African American 224
Hispanic or Latino 218
White 2,276
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,653
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to finance that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management 36,279
Accounting 11,150
Business Support & Assistance 10,323
Entrepreneurial Studies 5,227
Real Estate 3,732

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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