Finance at Western Connecticut State University

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

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and approximately 5,642 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 34 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from WestConn.

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

WestConn Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

WestConn Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at WestConn 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 WestConn 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Most Focused Finance Schools	202
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	289
Most Popular Finance Schools	319
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	332
Best Finance Schools	356

Finance Student Demographics at WestConn

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

WestConn Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in finance from WestConn in 2019, 76% were men and 24% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WestConn 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 CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
General and Operations Managers	30,330	$155,890
Financial Managers	15,750	$167,160
Financial Analysts	6,240	$105,950
Personal Financial Advisors	4,470	$131,280
Loan Officers	2,480	$91,730

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 Andrew Gusciora under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.