Finance at George Mason University

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what George Mason University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. 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 section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

GMU Finance 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. 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
	82
	93
	112
	135
	160
	399
	426

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 Bachelor’s Program

Of the 169 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from GMU in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. 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 18% 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.

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 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
Loan Officers	10,140	$80,440
Financial Analysts	8,550	$97,990
Chief Executives	5,760	$228,540

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.