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Finance & Financial Management at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received their master's degree in finance.

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

Northwestern Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Finance & Financial Management Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in finance, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Finance Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Finance & Financial Management Master’s Program

24% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 38 finance students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Northwestern, about 76% were men and 24% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 15
International Students 18
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers 122,790 $125,990
Financial Managers 40,040 $144,680
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 21,980 $91,640
Tellers 18,530 $29,860
Financial Analysts 14,810 $88,760

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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