Finance at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 280 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from GVSU.

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

GVSU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

GVSU Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at GVSU 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 GVSU 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
	32
	38
	158

Finance Student Demographics at GVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Grand Valley State University.

GVSU Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 280 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from GVSU in 2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	231
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

GVSU 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Financial Managers	14,760	$128,270
Financial Analysts	6,090	$84,410
Personal Financial Advisors	5,210	$102,010
Financial Specialists	4,050	$69,480

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.