Finance & Financial Management at University of Houston

If you are interested in studying finance and financial management, you may want to check out the program at University of Houston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 442 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UH.

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.

UH Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UH Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UH 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 UH 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
	12
	176
	193
	223
	423

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in finance from UH. This is the #176 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from UH Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $45,390. 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 UH

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

UH Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 442 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance & Financial Management from UH in 2020-2021, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	114
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	145
White	114
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UH 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 Houston. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Houston. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	442

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Corporate Communications
• Human Resource Management

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Tellers	47,520	$28,710
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	43,170	$85,720
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Bill and Account Collectors	28,350	$36,590

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.