Finance & Financial Management at University of New Orleans

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

UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 8,375 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UNO.

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.

UNO Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

UNO Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UNO 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 UNO 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
	42
	66
	100
	154
	194
	226
	297
	392
	630
	713
	722

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in finance from UNO. This makes it the #66 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from UNO Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNO is $35,194. 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 UNO

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

UNO Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from UNO in 2021, 72% were men and 28% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 New Orleans with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	22
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNO Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 finance majors earned their master's degree from UNO. Of these graduates, 68% were men and 32% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Orleans with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNO 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

If you plan to be a finance major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Orleans. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	72

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Accounting

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 LA, the home state for University of New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
General and Operations Managers	27,790	$115,060
Tellers	8,370	$27,850
Financial Managers	5,280	$106,950
Loan Officers	4,090	$56,190
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	2,780	$89,550

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.