Finance at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 41,200 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,778 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland - College Park in 2019, 356 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.

UMCP Finance Degrees Available

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

UMCP Finance Rankings

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

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 UMCP 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 Master’s Degree Schools	17
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Finance Schools	32
Most Focused Finance Master’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused Finance Schools	145
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176

In 2019, 75 students received their master’s degree in finance from UMCP. This makes it the #17 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Finance Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at UMCP awarded 356 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UMCP are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	61
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	203
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UMCP Finance Master’s Program

Of the 75 students who graduated with a master’s in finance from UMCP in 2019, 65% were men and 35% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	48
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UMCP 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
General and Operations Managers	48,180	$137,700
Financial Managers	12,550	$152,180
Financial Analysts	5,640	$92,800
Financial Specialists	5,260	$77,440
Loan Officers	5,080	$84,240

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.