Finance & Financial Management at Central Washington 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 Central Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from CWU.

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.

CWU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

CWU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at CWU 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 CWU 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
	122
	157
	203
	204
	228
	288
	332
	376

Finance Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at CWU awarded 68 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	24
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

CWU 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Central Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	64
Financial Planning & Services	4

Related Majors

• Insurance
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Financial Managers	13,010	$136,480
Tellers	11,040	$34,240
Loan Officers	6,940	$74,830
Financial Analysts	6,480	$87,590

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.