Finance & Financial Management at Portland State University

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

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 147 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from Portland State University.

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.

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Portland State University 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 Portland State University 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
	123
	285
	380
	462

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in finance from Portland State University. This makes it the #138 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Portland State University Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Portland State University is $49,432. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $48,896 for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Portland State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	58
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Portland State University Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a master's degree in finance from Portland State University. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from Portland State University, 67% 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 Portland State University with a master's in finance.

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

Portland State University 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

The following finance concentations are available at Portland State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Portland State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	150

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Taxation
• Real Estate
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Human Resource 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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
General and Operations Managers	32,960	$107,670
Financial Managers	7,830	$118,680
Tellers	4,820	$30,390
Loan Officers	4,410	$76,680
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	4,030	$66,120

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.