Education & Training
Finance and Financial Management Services
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Appraisers of Personal and Business Property Bachelor's degree
- Bill and Account Collectors High school diploma
- Budget Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary Doctoral or professional degree
- Chief Executives Master's degree
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Credit Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks High school diploma
- Credit Counselors Bachelor's degree
- Financial Managers Bachelor's degree
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Master's degree
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts Bachelor's degree
- General and Operations Managers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Insurance Underwriters Bachelor's degree
- Investment Fund Managers Master's degree
- Loan Interviewers and Clerks Certificate or apprenticeship
- Loan Officers Bachelor's degree
- New Accounts Clerks Certificate or apprenticeship
- Personal Financial Advisors Bachelor's degree
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents Bachelor's degree
- Tellers High school diploma
- Treasurers and Controllers Bachelor's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $52,980 | $66,944 | $24,222 | 184 |
| Associate degree | $43,732 | $52,208 | $13,165 | 87 |
| Bachelor's degree | $59,998 | $77,436 | $20,250 | 783 |
| Master's degree | $85,272 | $109,136 | $35,284 | 249 |
| Doctoral degree | — | — | — | 23 |
| Professional degree | $113,882 | $152,667 | — | 2 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.