Finance General

A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting, financial instruments, capital planning, funds acquisition, asset and debt management, budgeting, financial analysis, and investments and portfolio management.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 738 institutions across the United States, with a total of 153188 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

350

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

154

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

46,141

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

371

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

3,796

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

160

degrees awarded

Other Awards

102,216

awards given

Top Schools for Finance General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
2,673
2 Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
2,451
3 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
2,112
4 Florida International University
Miami, FL
2,049
5 The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
1,806
6 University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC
1,791
7 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
1,731
8 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
1,635
9 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
1,482
10 University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
1,476
11 University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
1,413
12 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
1,404
13 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
1,335
14 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ
1,308
15 The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1,302
16 Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH
1,269
17 Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
1,227
18 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
1,203
19 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
1,152
20 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
1,152
21 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
1,149
22 University of Houston
Houston, TX
1,143
23 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
1,116
24 University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
1,110
25 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
1,077
26 Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
1,071
27 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
1,062
28 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
1,062
29 Bentley University
Waltham, MA
1,038
30 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
1,029
31 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
1,017
32 University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
981
33 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH
978
34 Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
975
35 Auburn University
Auburn, AL
969
36 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
969
37 Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
964
38 Washington State University
Pullman, WA
957
39 University of Delaware
Newark, DE
957
40 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
912
41 University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
906
42 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, OK
903
43 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
888
44 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
858
45 Clemson University
Clemson, SC
840
46 Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH
840
47 Boston University
Boston, MA
831
48 Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
819
49 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
813
50 The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX
801
51 Fordham University
Bronx, NY
786
52 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
774
53 Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
765
54 Villanova University
Villanova, PA
759
55 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
744
56 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
738
57 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
723
58 DePaul University
Chicago, IL
720
59 Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
717
60 Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
702
61 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
696
62 Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
675
63 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
660
64 Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
657
65 Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
648
66 Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
648
67 Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
645
68 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
639
69 University of North Texas
Denton, TX
624
70 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Whitewater, WI
621
71 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
621
72 University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
618
73 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA
606
74 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
La Crosse, WI
603
75 Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
600
76 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
582
77 Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
582
78 University of Mississippi
University, MS
576
79 Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
576
80 University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
573
81 Rutgers University-Newark
Newark, NJ
570
82 Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
567
83 Baylor University
Waco, TX
564
84 Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OH
559
85 Providence College
Providence, RI
531
86 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
528
87 Illinois State University
Normal, IL
528
88 University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
525
89 University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
523
90 Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
522
91 University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
516
92 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK
510
93 Ashford University
San Diego, CA
504
94 Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
504
95 Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
501
96 The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
498
97 University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
495
98 Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
492
99 Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
489
100 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
486