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Finance at Grand Valley State University

What traits are you looking for in a finance school? To help you decide if Grand Valley State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's finance program.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 24,677 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,584 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University in 2019, 281 of them were finance majors.

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

GVSU Finance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

GVSU Finance Rankings

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

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at GVSU 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 31
Most Popular Finance Schools 42
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 88
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 188
Best Finance Schools 203

Finance Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Finance Bachelor’s Program

24% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The finance program at GVSU awarded 281 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 76% of these degrees went to men with the other 24% going to women.

GVSU Gender Breakdown of Finance Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at GVSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Finance Majors at Grand Valley State University
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 244
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers 58,140 $122,160
Financial Managers 14,760 $128,270
Financial Analysts 6,090 $84,410
Personal Financial Advisors 5,210 $102,010
Financial Specialists 4,050 $69,480

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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