Finance at Western Illinois University

Every finance 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from WIU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

WIU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

WIU Finance Rankings

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

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 WIU 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
	344
	351
	379
	387
	493

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 Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from WIU in 2021, 54% were men and 46% were 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 16% 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.

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 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
Financial Analysts	14,810	$88,760
Loan Officers	12,330	$81,620
Chief Executives	9,650	$230,070

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.