Finance & Financial Management at New Jersey City University

Every finance and financial management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at New Jersey City University stacks up to those at other schools.

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,550 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 47 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from NJCU.

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.

NJCU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

NJCU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how NJCU performed in these rankings.

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 NJCU 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
	64
	83
	136
	136
	143
	166
	216
	224
	235
	483
	533
	554
	604
	631

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in finance from NJCU. This makes it the #83 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NJCU Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJCU is $40,555. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from NJCU in 2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at NJCU since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 New Jersey City University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NJCU Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

The finance program at NJCU awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NJCU 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 New Jersey City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	62

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
General and Operations Managers	43,070	$167,600
Financial Managers	21,340	$175,880
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	15,440	$98,850
Tellers	13,380	$32,950
Financial Analysts	10,560	$106,100

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 Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.