Finance at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 267 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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

UK Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UK Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UK 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 UK 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
	146
	154
	168
	235
	254

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in finance from UK. This is the #154 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Finance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from UK. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	200
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UK 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers	30,240	$89,750
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Loan Officers	5,300	$67,450
Chief Executives	3,300	$152,670
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.