Finance & Financial Management at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has a total student population of 30,805. In 2021, 253 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from FAU.

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.

FAU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

FAU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how FAU 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 FAU 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
	46
	76
	133
	174
	523

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in finance from FAU. This makes it the #76 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from FAU Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at FAU is $41,875. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at FAU awarded 253 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	80
White	110
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

FAU Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in finance from FAU in 2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FAU 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 Florida Atlantic University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	270

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Hospitality Management
• International Business
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing

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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Tellers	28,090	$32,140
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	27,560	$82,810
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.