Finance at Central Washington University

Every finance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at Central Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 12,342. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 61 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from CWU.

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

CWU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

CWU Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at CWU 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 CWU 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
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Most Popular Finance Schools	219
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291
Best Finance Schools	310

Finance Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Finance Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at CWU awarded 61 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 61% of these degrees went to men with the other 39% going to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Central Washington University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	28
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

CWU also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Financial Managers	13,010	$136,480
Loan Officers	6,940	$74,830
Financial Analysts	6,480	$87,590
Chief Executives	3,690	$220,730

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.