Finance at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and has a total student population of 28,644. Of the 622 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2019, 82 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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UT Rio Grande Valley Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how UT Rio Grande Valley performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UT Rio Grande Valley 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	155
Most Popular Finance Schools	170
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	419
Most Focused Finance Schools	454
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	518
Best Finance Schools	564

Finance Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 82 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from UT Rio Grande Valley. About 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Rio Grande Valley since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 65% 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 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Rio Grande Valley 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Loan Officers	19,950	$83,910
Personal Financial Advisors	10,830	$110,820

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.