Finance at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 25,860 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,152 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2019, 406 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.

UPenn Finance Degrees Available

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

UPenn Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UPenn 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 UPenn 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Finance Schools	2
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Finance Master’s Degree Schools	2
Best Finance Schools	3

In 2019, 323 students received their master’s degree in finance from UPenn. This makes it the #2 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in finance, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Finance Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 406 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from UPenn in 2018-2019, 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	91
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	140
International Students	102
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UPenn Finance Master’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 323 students earned a master's degree in finance from UPenn. About 26% of these graduates were women and the other 74% were men.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	120
International Students	98
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 9 students 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Loan Officers	10,010	$68,280
Personal Financial Advisors	8,590	$109,250

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.