Finance & Financial Management at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania stacks up to those at other schools.

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,130. Of the 332 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 59 of them were finance and financial management majors.

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.

Ship Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at Ship

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Ship does offer online courses in finance for the following degree levels:

Ship Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Ship 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 Ship 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
	27
	57
	89
	99
	167
	194
	202
	225
	301
	361

How Much Do Finance Graduates from Ship Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ship is $48,590. This is less than $48,896, which is the national average of all finance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Finance Student Demographics at Ship

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

Ship Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from Ship in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Ship since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	41
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Ship 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

If you plan to be a finance major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	59

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Tellers	20,500	$29,360
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	13,800	$86,970
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870

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 Cgboeree under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.