Finance at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 519 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UGA.

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

UGA Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UGA Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UGA 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 UGA 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
	34
	116

Finance Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 519 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from UGA in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UGA 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 University of Georgia with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	413
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

UGA 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Financial Managers	17,840	$145,920
Loan Officers	7,790	$75,060
Financial Analysts	7,400	$84,350
Chief Executives	6,260	$218,590

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.