Finance at Wilkes University

What traits are you looking for in a finance school? To help you decide if Wilkes University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's finance program.

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,781 students attend the school each year. Of the 110 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2021, 25 of them were finance majors.

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

Wilkes Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Wilkes Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how Wilkes 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 Wilkes 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
	294
	325
	331
	335
	362
	371
	501
	512
	557
	586

Finance Student Demographics at Wilkes

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

Wilkes Finance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Wilkes. About 20% of these graduates were women and the other 80% were men.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Wilkes 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 Wilkes University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wilkes 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 PA, the home state for Wilkes 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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.