Finance & Financial Management at Alvernia University

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 Alvernia University stacks up to those at other schools.

Alvernia is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,560 students attend the school each year. Of the 84 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alvernia University in 2021, 16 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.

Alvernia Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Alvernia Finance & Financial Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how Alvernia performed in these rankings.

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 Alvernia 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
	38
	50
	175
	203
	272
	308
	423
	426
	481
	539

Finance Student Demographics at Alvernia

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

Alvernia Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Alvernia. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Alvernia since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Alvernia 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 Alvernia University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Alvernia University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	16

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

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 PA, the home state for Alvernia University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Tellers	20,500	$29,360
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	13,800	$86,970
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870

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 AU540Up under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.