Is a Finance and Financial Management Services degree worth it?
Across 407 schools, graduates of Finance and Financial Management Services earn a median $78,257 five years out on $21,500 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$78,257
Median debt
$21,500
Years to pay off
2.7
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
56%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+0.5%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
6.4%
$83,041 vs $77,716
Net price
$19,581/yr
Debt-test failures
0.8%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$18,912
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Finance and Financial Management Services in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.