Financial Planning & Services at Roger Williams University

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

RWU is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and approximately 4,860 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 44 financial planning majors received their bachelor's degree from RWU.

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

RWU Financial Planning & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Planning

RWU Financial Planning & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the financial planning progam at RWU 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 financial planning major at RWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Financial Planning & Services. 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 Focused Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Schools	3
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Schools	5
Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Financial Planning & Services Schools	19

Financial Planning Student Demographics at RWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the financial planning majors at Roger Williams University.

RWU Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Program

The financial planning program at RWU awarded 44 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 68% of these degrees went to men with the other 32% going to women. The typical financial planning bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at RWU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in financial planning at RWU 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 Roger Williams University with a bachelor's in financial planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

Careers That Financial Planning Grads May Go Into

A degree in financial planning can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Roger Williams University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	1,860	$100,390
Personal Financial Advisors	850	$112,430
Business Professors	400	$127,400
Credit Counselors	180	$59,760

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.