Finance at University of Iowa

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what University of Iowa has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,656. Of the 1,452 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Iowa in 2019, 408 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.

Iowa Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at Iowa

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Iowa offers distance education options for finance at the following degree levels:

Iowa Finance Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Iowa 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 Online Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Best Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Focused Finance Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Most Popular Finance Schools	14
Most Popular Online Finance Schools	32
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68
Best Finance Schools	74

Finance Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Finance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	267
International Students	106
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Iowa 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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Financial Managers	8,630	$114,620
Loan Officers	4,540	$67,580
Financial Analysts	2,410	$83,230
Chief Executives	2,020	$211,560

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.