Finance at University of West Georgia

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

University of West Georgia is located in Carrollton, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,733. Of the 514 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of West Georgia in 2019, 67 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 West Georgia Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

University of West Georgia Finance Rankings

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

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 University of West Georgia 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187
Most Popular Finance Schools	207
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	254
Most Focused Finance Schools	284
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	450
Best Finance Schools	491

Finance Student Demographics at University of West Georgia

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

University of West Georgia Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 67 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from University of West Georgia in 2018-2019, 52% were men and 48% 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 West Georgia since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at University of West Georgia are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 West Georgia with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	34
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

University of West Georgia 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 GA, the home state for University of West Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Financial Managers	17,840	$145,920
Loan Officers	7,790	$75,060
Financial Analysts	7,400	$84,350
Chief Executives	6,260	$218,590

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.