Finance at Western Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at Western Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 55 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from WKU.

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

WKU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

WKU Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at WKU 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 WKU 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
	489
	503
	546
	559

Finance Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Finance Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at WKU awarded 55 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WKU 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers	30,240	$89,750
Financial Managers	6,190	$114,420
Loan Officers	5,300	$67,450
Chief Executives	3,300	$152,670
Financial Analysts	1,710	$69,830

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.