Finance at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. Of the 1,088 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 353 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.

UPenn Finance Degrees Available

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

UPenn Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UPenn 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 UPenn 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.

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In 2021, 303 students received their master’s degree in finance from UPenn. This makes it the #1 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in finance, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Finance Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 353 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UPenn, about 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	93
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	133
International Students	70
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

UPenn Finance Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 303 students earned a master's degree in finance from UPenn. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	110
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2021, 2 students 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Loan Officers	10,010	$68,280
Personal Financial Advisors	8,590	$109,250

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.