Finance & Financial Management at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and has a total student population of 9,363. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Purdue Northwest.

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.

Purdue Northwest Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Purdue Northwest Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

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 Purdue Northwest 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
	126
	189
	278
	308
	411
	476
	508
	554
	573

Finance Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue Northwest. Of these graduates, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue Northwest since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Purdue Northwest are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Purdue Northwest 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 Purdue University Northwest. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Purdue University Northwest. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	37

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Tellers	9,880	$27,900
Financial Managers	7,520	$119,820
Loan Officers	4,850	$67,450
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	4,830	$92,400

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.