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Finance Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains fourteen schools that offer finance programs. James Madison University, the highest-ranking finance school in VA, has a total student population of 18,971 and is the 72nd highest ranked school in America.

Of the 14 finance schools in Virginia, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Richmond Campus comes out as the most expensive ($26,329/yr), with Dabney S Lancaster Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,009/yr.

Finance students from Virginia schools who go on to become financial managers, finance analysts, financial planners, corporate finance consultants, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 495,180 people working as financial managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $113,730. Also, Budget analysts make on average $69,240 per year and there are about 60,970 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are 3,000 employed budget analysts earning an average yearly salary of $82,050. Financial managers in this state earn $115,670/yr and there are 11,490 employed.

Also, within the finance schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from finance, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Finance Programs in Virginia

James Madison University

Finance and Financial Management Services, Other

Levels offered: Bachelors
Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Commonwealth University

Finance and Financial Management Services, Other

Levels offered: Bachelors

Marymount University

Finance, General

George Mason University

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Old Dominion University

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Radford University

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Averett University

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Ferrum College

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

DeVry University-Virginia

Accounting and Finance

Levels offered: Masters

Virginia Union University

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Phoenix-Northern Virginia Campus

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Phoenix-Richmond Campus

Finance, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Interesting Facts

Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

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