Finance at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,593. In 2019, 254 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from UMass Amherst.

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

UMass Amherst Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Online Classes Are Available at UMass Amherst

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMass Amherst Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UMass Amherst 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 UMass Amherst 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 Schools	2
Most Popular Online Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Finance Schools	25
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Finance Schools	48
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212

Finance Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Finance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 254 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from UMass Amherst. About 22% of these graduates were women and the other 78% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UMass Amherst 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 Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	169
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UMass Amherst 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Personal Financial Advisors	9,060	$128,140
Chief Executives	7,990	$221,810

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.