Finance & Financial Management at University of Alaska Anchorage

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

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 17 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from UAA.

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.

UAA Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UAA Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UAA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UAA 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
	348
	383

How Much Do Finance Graduates from UAA Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAA is $46,628. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at UAA

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

UAA Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from UAA in 2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UAA since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UAA 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Alaska Anchorage. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	17

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Hospitality Management
• Construction Management
• Marketing
• Other Business, Management & 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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
General and Operations Managers	6,790	$112,580
Tellers	1,240	$30,710
Financial Managers	1,000	$110,010
Loan Officers	770	$71,120
Chief Executives	690	$179,630

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.