Finance & Financial Management at George Mason 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 George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 169 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from GMU.

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.

GMU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

GMU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at GMU 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 GMU 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
	164
	191
	417
	453
	475

Earnings of GMU Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $52,937. This is 8% higher than $48,896, which is the national average for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 169 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from GMU. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	38
International Students	47
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

GMU 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

The following finance concentations are available at George Mason University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	169

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality Management
• General Business/Commerce
• 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Financial Managers	15,180	$164,030
Tellers	10,980	$31,220
Loan Officers	10,140	$80,440
Financial Analysts	8,550	$97,990

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.