Finance at Florida Gulf Coast University

What traits are you looking for in a finance school? To help you decide if Florida Gulf Coast University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's finance program.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 119 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from FGCU.

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

FGCU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

FGCU Finance Rankings

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

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 FGCU 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
	123
	135
	142
	166
	215
	267
	275
	297
	332
	373

Finance Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Finance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 119 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from FGCU. About 23% of these graduates were women and the other 77% were men.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	78
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

FGCU 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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870
Loan Officers	18,000	$78,000
Personal Financial Advisors	14,080	$122,840

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.