Finance at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 28,172. In 2019, 126 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from GWU.

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

GWU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

GWU Finance Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at GWU 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
Best Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Most Focused Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	13
Most Popular Online Finance Schools	41
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	455

In 2019, 0 student received their master’s degree in finance from GWU. This is the #152 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 126 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from GWU. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	51
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

GWU also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Finance
• Investments and Securities

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
General and Operations Managers	25,930	$150,970
Financial Managers	6,900	$166,710
Financial Analysts	3,850	$102,510
Financial Specialists	3,070	$107,760
Chief Executives	1,880	$247,500

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.