Finance at Widener University

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,150. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Widener.

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

Widener Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Widener Finance Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Widener 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
	240
	407
	517
	563
	635

Finance Student Demographics at Widener

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

Widener Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from Widener in 2021, 90% were men and 10% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Widener 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Widener also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Finance and Financial Management Services

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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Loan Officers	10,010	$68,280
Personal Financial Advisors	8,590	$109,250

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:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.