Undergraduate Certificates in Finance & Financial Management

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 42% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 16.5% of finance graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Finance Majors

In 2020-2021, 127 earned their undergraduate 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	48,215
Master’s Degree	4,544
Basic Certificate	3,329
Graduate Certificate	1,197
Associate Degree	323
Undergraduate Certificate	127
Doctor’s Degree	43

Earnings of Finance Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in finance is $16,014. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $15,718 and the high is $16,233.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in finance is $25,937. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $25,937 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $21,875.

The median monthly payment of a finance graduate with a 10-year repayment plan is $499.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in finance. About 53.5% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	59
Women	68

The racial-ethnic distribution of finance undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	49
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to finance that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	5,845
Accounting	4,263
Business Support & Assistance	4,211
Business & Commerce	1,440
Hospitality Management	852

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Dave Dugdale under License

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