Finance at University of Kansas

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what University of Kansas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 204 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from KU.

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

KU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

KU Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how KU performed in these rankings.

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 KU 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
	63
	148
	171
	203
	230

Finance Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 204 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from KU in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at KU 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 Kansas with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	174
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

KU 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
General and Operations Managers	18,240	$97,920
Financial Managers	3,990	$129,660
Loan Officers	3,910	$84,320
Chief Executives	3,790	$172,100
Personal Financial Advisors	1,620	$93,720

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.