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Finance at The University of West Florida

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at The University of West Florida. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 12,847. Of the 281 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of West Florida in 2019, 24 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.

UWF Finance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UWF Finance Rankings

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

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UWF 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 345
Most Popular Finance Schools 375
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 468
Best Finance Schools 510
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools 569
Most Focused Finance Schools 609

Finance Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Finance Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 24 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from UWF. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men.

UWF Gender Breakdown of Finance Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UWF 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 The University of West Florida with a bachelor's in finance.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Finance Majors at The University of West Florida
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UWF 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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers 123,800 $112,600
Financial Managers 29,050 $132,850
Chief Executives 20,860 $187,870
Loan Officers 18,000 $78,000
Personal Financial Advisors 14,080 $122,840

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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