Finance & Financial Management at Wilmington University

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

Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and has a total student population of 14,769. Of the 402 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilmington University in 2021, 23 of them were finance and financial management majors.

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.

Wilmington University Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at Wilmington University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Wilmington University offers distance education options for finance at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Wilmington University Finance & Financial Management Rankings

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

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 Wilmington University 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
	8
	18
	22
	25
	33
	40
	55
	101
	188
	294
	325
	361
	437
	600

In 2021, 52 students received their master’s degree in finance from Wilmington University. This makes it the #22 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from Wilmington University Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wilmington University is $47,983. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

Finance Student Demographics at Wilmington University

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

Wilmington University Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at Wilmington University awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 74% of these degrees went to men with the other 26% going to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Wilmington University are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Wilmington University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wilmington University Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students graduated with a master's degree in finance from Wilmington University. About 63% were men and 37% were women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wilmington University with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Wilmington University 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 Wilmington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	75

Related Majors

• Business/Corporate Communications
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Accounting

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 DE, the home state for Wilmington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
General and Operations Managers	3,960	$150,940
Financial Analysts	3,440	$93,740
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	2,200	$87,390
Financial Managers	1,940	$167,110
Tellers	1,560	$30,670

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 Chris Light under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.