Finance & Financial Management at Mississippi College

If you are interested in studying finance and financial management, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and approximately 4,667 students attend the school each year. Of the 131 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi College in 2021, 15 of them were finance and financial management majors.

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.

MC Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

MC Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at MC 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 MC 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
	38
	57
	93
	100
	116
	148
	184
	198
	368
	443
	524
	534
	633

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in finance from MC. This makes it the #116 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of MC Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at MC is $42,645. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at MC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Mississippi College.

MC Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from MC. About 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at MC 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 Mississippi College with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MC Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in finance from MC in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from MC, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi College with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MC 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

Finance & Financial Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mississippi College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	21

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management
• Accounting

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
General and Operations Managers	23,850	$77,800
Tellers	4,310	$27,380
Financial Managers	3,670	$101,840
Loan Officers	2,400	$65,360
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	2,140	$32,290

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 Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.