Finance at Salem State University

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

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 7,242. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Salem 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.

Salem State Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Salem State Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Salem State 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 Salem 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
	213
	301
	396
	554
	610

Finance Student Demographics at Salem State

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

Salem State Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from Salem State. Of these graduates, 81% were men and 19% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Salem State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Salem State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Salem 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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Personal Financial Advisors	9,060	$128,140
Chief Executives	7,990	$221,810

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 Fletcher6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.