by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Finance. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Finance & Financial Management is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Murray State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in finance, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Managing and quantifying money is at the heart of the online bachelor's degree in finance at SNHU. You'll learn the fundamentals of investments, address key managerial issues, examine ethics from every angle and build the skillset to be a player in the multidimensional business marketplace.
Invest in the analytical and quantitative skills you need to succeed in a career in finance with this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Murray State was ranked #595 on College Factual's Best Schools for finance list. It is also ranked #7 in Kentucky.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Murray State was $765 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $382 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,968 | $17,148 |
| Fees | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,260 | $1,260 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $9,512 | $9,512 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,355 | $4,355 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Finance students who received their bachelor’s degree at Murray State took out an average of $23,984 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $23,578.
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The median early career salary of finance students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Murray State is $35,416 per year. That is 27% lower than the national average of $48,186.
Online degrees for the Murray State finance bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Murray State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 18.9% of the finance students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 29.1%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in finance at Murray State in 2019-2020, 5.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 26%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 31 |
| International Students | 4 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Finance & Financial Management students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Finance | 37 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 79 |
| Business Administration & Management | 35 |
| Accounting | 31 |
| Marketing | 25 |
*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.
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