Finance at Michigan State University

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at Michigan State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 343 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Michigan State.

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

Michigan State Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Michigan State Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Michigan State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Michigan State 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
	11
	21
	22
	154
	254

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in finance from Michigan State. This is the #154 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 343 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from Michigan State in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	248
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Michigan State 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 Michigan 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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.