Finance at University of St. Thomas

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

UST is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,223 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UST.

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

UST Finance Degrees Available

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

UST Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UST 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 UST 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 Master’s Degree Schools	24
Most Focused Finance Schools	51
Most Popular Finance Master’s Degree Schools	66
Best Finance Master’s Degree Schools	94
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Popular Finance Schools	259
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	318
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	416
Best Finance Schools	442

In 2019, 20 students received their master’s degree in finance from UST. This makes it the #66 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at UST

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

UST Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from UST, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UST since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 St. Thomas with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	5
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UST Finance Master’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a master's degree in Finance from UST in 2018-2019, 45% were men and 55% were women.

In the finance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UST 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 TX, the home state for University of St. Thomas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Loan Officers	19,950	$83,910
Personal Financial Advisors	10,830	$110,820

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.