Finance at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,204 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 217 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from Georgetown.

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

Georgetown Finance Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Georgetown

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

Georgetown Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Georgetown 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 Georgetown 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 Schools	7
Best Finance Master’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Finance Master’s Degree Schools	19
Most Popular Finance Schools	36
Most Focused Finance Master’s Degree Schools	59

In 2019, 70 students received their master’s degree in finance from Georgetown. This makes it the #19 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 217 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from Georgetown. About 72% were men and 28% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Georgetown are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	133
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Georgetown Finance Master’s Program

Of the 70 finance students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Georgetown, about 79% were men and 21% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from Georgetown, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	45
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Georgetown 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 DC, the home state for Georgetown 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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.