Finance at Baylor University

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

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,101 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 2021, 156 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.

Baylor Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Baylor Finance Rankings

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

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 Baylor 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
	43
	53
	97
	107
	182
	206
	436

Finance Student Demographics at Baylor

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

Baylor Finance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Baylor 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 Baylor University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	107
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Baylor 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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Loan Officers	19,950	$83,910
Personal Financial Advisors	10,830	$110,820

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.