Finance at University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and has a total student population of 8,140. Of the 282 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Maine in 2019, 24 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.

University of Southern Maine Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

University of Southern Maine Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how University of Southern Maine 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 University of Southern Maine 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 Focused Finance Basic Certificate Schools	17
Most Popular Finance Basic Certificate Schools	17
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	300
Best Finance Schools	319
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	345
Most Popular Finance Schools	375
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	423
Most Focused Finance Schools	459

Finance Student Demographics at University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from University of Southern Maine, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at University of Southern Maine since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at University of Southern Maine 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 Southern Maine with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

University of Southern Maine 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 ME, the home state for University of Southern Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
General and Operations Managers	12,510	$98,100
Financial Managers	2,470	$119,080
Loan Officers	1,090	$76,340
Chief Executives	850	$152,780
Financial Specialists	520	$65,430

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.