Finance at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has a total student population of 52,218. Of the 1,988 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Florida in 2019, 304 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.

UF Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

UF Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UF 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 UF 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	22
Most Focused Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	22
Best Finance Master’s Degree Schools	33
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Best Finance Schools	58
Most Focused Finance Master’s Degree Schools	109
Most Focused Finance Schools	332
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	342

In 2019, 40 students received their master’s degree in finance from UF. This makes it the #34 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 304 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from UF in 2018-2019, 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 UF since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 University of Florida with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	202
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UF Finance Master’s Program

Of the 40 students who earned a master's degree in Finance from UF in 2018-2019, 68% were men and 32% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Florida with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UF 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 FL, the home state for University of 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.