Finance at Samford University

Every finance 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 Samford University stacks up to those at other schools.

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 5,729. In 2021, 44 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from Samford.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

Samford Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Samford Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Samford 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 Samford 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
	232
	241
	260
	262
	281
	313
	443
	516
	524
	586

Finance Student Demographics at Samford

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

Samford Finance Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at Samford awarded 44 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 70% of these degrees went to men with the other 30% going to women.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Samford 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 Samford University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Samford 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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Financial Managers	4,910	$128,690
Loan Officers	3,910	$67,860
Personal Financial Advisors	1,990	$117,350
Chief Executives	1,390	$204,590

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.