Finance at James Madison University

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

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 122 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from JMU.

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

JMU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

JMU Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at JMU 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 JMU 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
	20
	21
	24
	29
	73
	105
	121
	132
	286
	313

Finance Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 122 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from JMU, about 84% were men and 16% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at JMU 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 James Madison University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	94
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

JMU also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Finance and Financial Management Services

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 James Madison 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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.