Finance at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,596 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Columbia in 2021, 553 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.

UofSC Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UofSC Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UofSC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UofSC 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
	6
	54
	120
	144
	208

Finance Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 553 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from UofSC. Of these graduates, 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	460
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UofSC 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
General and Operations Managers	32,520	$101,400
Financial Managers	5,190	$125,710
Loan Officers	3,770	$69,240
Chief Executives	2,900	$182,760
Financial Analysts	1,880	$80,690

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 Idibri under License

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