Finance & Financial Management at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In 2021, 100 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from URI.

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.

URI Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

URI Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at URI 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 URI 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
	54
	129
	157
	229
	333
	530
	646

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in finance from URI. This makes it the #147 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $50,030. This is 2% higher than $48,896, which is the national average for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from URI. About 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	77
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

URI Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in finance from URI in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from URI, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

URI 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 Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	102

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• General Business/Commerce
• International Business

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Financial Managers	2,580	$145,120
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	1,860	$100,390
Loan Officers	1,820	$69,500
Tellers	1,290	$31,520

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.