Finance at Valdosta State University

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

VSU is located in Valdosta, Georgia and has a total student population of 12,304. Of the 411 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Valdosta State University in 2021, 20 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.

VSU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

VSU Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at VSU 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 VSU 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
	284
	354
	372
	407
	551
	551
	562
	583
	607
	624

Finance Student Demographics at VSU

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

VSU Finance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from VSU. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at VSU since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at VSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Valdosta State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

VSU 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 GA, the home state for Valdosta State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Financial Managers	17,840	$145,920
Loan Officers	7,790	$75,060
Financial Analysts	7,400	$84,350
Chief Executives	6,260	$218,590

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 Jadvii under License

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