Finance & Financial Management at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,909 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Florida in 2021, 234 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.

UF Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

UF Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

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 UF 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
	11
	12
	30
	38
	38
	45
	53
	57
	57
	60
	71
	84
	127
	140

In 2021, 37 students received their master’s degree in finance from UF. This makes it the #38 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UF Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UF is $59,482. This is 22% higher than $48,896, which is the national average for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 234 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from UF. Of these graduates, 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	144
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UF Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of finance master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from UF, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Florida with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UF 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 University of Florida. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	271

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• 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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Financial Managers	29,050	$132,850
Tellers	28,090	$32,140
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	27,560	$82,810
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.