Finance & Financial Management at Western Illinois 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 Western Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from WIU.

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.

WIU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

WIU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

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 WIU 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
	104
	353
	398
	409
	511
	531

Earnings of WIU Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIU is $44,348. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at WIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WIU 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 Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	24

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Hospitality Management
• Construction 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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Financial Managers	40,040	$144,680
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	21,980	$91,640
Tellers	18,530	$29,860
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.