Finance at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 38,652 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 617 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UGA.

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

UGA Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UGA Finance Rankings

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

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 UGA 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
Best Finance Schools	43
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused Finance Schools	67

Finance Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Finance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UGA 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 University of Georgia with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	472
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UGA 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Financial Managers	17,840	$145,920
Loan Officers	7,790	$75,060
Financial Analysts	7,400	$84,350
Chief Executives	6,260	$218,590

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.