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Finance at Florida State University

If you plan to study Finance, you may want to check out the program at Florida State University. Get started with the following essential facts.

Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, FL.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 657 finance degrees were awarded at Florida State University.

Online Class Availability at Florida State University

Many students take online classes at Florida State University. Of 43,889 students, 5,761 (13%) studied exclusively online and 21,571 (49%) took at least some classes online.

Finance Rankings at Florida State University

These rankings give you a sense of how Florida State University’s Finance program against other schools offering the same major.

Bachelor’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Florida	#2 of 19
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#2 of 122
Best Value	Nationwide	#5 of 532
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#8 of 121
Best Value	Florida	#8 of 19
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#38 of 525

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Florida	#2 of 19
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#2 of 122
Best Value	Nationwide	#5 of 532
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#8 of 121
Best Value	Florida	#8 of 19
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#38 of 525

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Finance graduates at Florida State University, by degree type.

Program-wide, Finance graduates at Florida State University are 26% women (173) and 74% men (484).

Finance Bachelor’s Program at Florida State University

Among the 657 bachelor’s finance degrees awarded at Florida State University, 26% were women (173) and 74% were men (484).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Finance bachelor’s degree recipients at Florida State University.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	396
Hispanic / Latino	158
Black / African American	27
Asian	19
Two or More Races	28
International (Nonresident)	18
Unknown	11

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of Finance bachelor’s degree recipients at Florida State University, higher than the national average of 29%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Highest-Paying Careers for Finance Graduates

Students who finish Finance program at Florida State University work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Finance graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Treasurers and Controllers	$162,461
Investment Fund Managers	$157,819
General and Operations Managers	$149,694
Chief Executives	$138,534
Financial Risk Specialists	$127,364
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$126,371
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property	$118,242
Chief Sustainability Officers	$96,628
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$92,240
Personal Financial Advisors	$91,777

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.