Finance at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526. Of the 2,381 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021, 135 of them were finance majors.

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

UMGC Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UMGC does offer online courses in finance for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UMGC 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 UMGC 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
	31
	73
	126
	152
	176
	535

Finance Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 135 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from UMGC. About 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	64
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UMGC 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
General and Operations Managers	48,180	$137,700
Financial Managers	12,550	$152,180
Financial Analysts	5,640	$92,800
Financial Specialists	5,260	$77,440
Loan Officers	5,080	$84,240

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.