by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 57,778 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,475 and had an average of $24,463 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 3,290 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,330 and $22,516 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,827 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 36 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance and financial management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their finance and financial management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree finance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Menlo College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region. Menlo is a small school located in Atherton, California that handed out 35 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Clara University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Santa Clara, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s finance degrees to 161 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of San Diego is located in San Diego, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 178 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at University of San Diego
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Linfield University - McMinnville Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region. Linfield is a small private not-for-profit school situated in McMinnville, Oregon. It awarded 12 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola Marymount University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region. This fairly large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 117 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Sierra Nevada College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Incline Village, Nevada, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Sierra Nevada College
University of Portland came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at University of Portland
Seattle University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 91 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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California State University - Northridge landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school handed out 399 degrees to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full California State University - Northridge Finance & Financial Management Report
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is a medium-sized public school situated in Tacoma, Washington. It awarded 69 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Washington - Tacoma Campus Finance & Financial Management Report
Holy Names University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Holy Names University is located in Oakland, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Holy Names University
University of San Francisco landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in San Francisco, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 102 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, University of Phoenix - Nevada did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region list. UOPX - Nevada is a small private for-profit school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 2 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full University of Phoenix - Nevada Finance & Financial Management Report
University of Nevada - Reno did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Reno, Nevada, this large public school handed out 136 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Nevada - Reno Finance & Financial Management Report
University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #15. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 112 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, La Sierra University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region list. La Sierra is located in Riverside, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Washington State University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Wazzu is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 188 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Washington State University Finance & Financial Management Report
University of Nevada - Las Vegas came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UNLV is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 142 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Eastern Washington University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. EWU is a fairly large public school situated in Cheney, Washington. It awarded 67 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 303 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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Central Washington University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 68 degrees to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Central Washington University
Oregon State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 165 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Portland State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #23. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 147 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Portland State University
Point Loma Nazarene University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in San Diego, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Point Loma Nazarene University
George Fox University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. GFU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newberg, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at George Fox University
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