Finance at Jackson State 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 Jackson State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Jackson State is located in Jackson, Mississippi and approximately 7,250 students attend the school each year. Of the 155 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University in 2019, 12 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.

Jackson State Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Jackson State Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Jackson State 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 Jackson State 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	457
Most Popular Finance Schools	493
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	546
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	560
Most Focused Finance Schools	585
Best Finance Schools	613

Finance Student Demographics at Jackson State

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

Jackson State Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 12 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from Jackson State. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Jackson State since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% 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 Jackson State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Jackson State 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 MS, the home state for Jackson State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
General and Operations Managers	23,850	$77,800
Financial Managers	3,670	$101,840
Loan Officers	2,400	$65,360
Personal Financial Advisors	760	$102,820
Chief Executives	730	$112,310

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 Comingdeer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.