Finance & Financial Management at Virginia Commonwealth University

Every finance and financial management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. Of the 592 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2021, 55 of them were finance and financial management majors.

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.

VCU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

VCU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how VCU performed in these rankings.

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 VCU 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
	238
	252
	588
	649

Finance Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 55 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from VCU, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	18
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

VCU 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

Finance & Financial Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Commonwealth University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	46
Other Finance and Financial Management Services	9

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Financial Managers	15,180	$164,030
Tellers	10,980	$31,220
Loan Officers	10,140	$80,440
Financial Analysts	8,550	$97,990

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.