Finance at Appalachian State University

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at Appalachian State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and approximately 20,023 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,147 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University in 2021, 113 of them were finance majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

Appalachian State Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Appalachian State Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Appalachian State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Appalachian State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	34
	131
	141
	144
	196
	239
	282
	453

Finance Student Demographics at Appalachian State

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

Appalachian State Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 113 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from Appalachian State in 2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Appalachian State 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 Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	97
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

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 Appalachian State 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
Financial Analysts	8,930	$89,020
Personal Financial Advisors	7,010	$134,860

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 Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.