Master's · earnings grade

Is a Finance and Financial Management Services degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $74,576 two years after finishing, more than 74% of master's majors. Measured across 266 US programmes by the Department of Education — real graduate pay, not survey answers.

B

The verdict on the money

Yes — graduates earn more than most majors at this level.

Median earnings $74,576 2 years after finishing
Typical range $64,196–$87,973 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree +$35,056 vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 4,158 266 programmes

Where a Finance and Financial Management Services degree pays best US programmes ranked on their own graduates' median earnings two years out.

#University1 yr out2 yrs out3 yrs outGraduates/yr
1 University of Pennsylvania cost & debt at this university → $189,905 $201,334 $249,574 92
2 New York University cost & debt at this university → not published $126,504 not published 25
3 University of Houston cost & debt at this university → not published $122,038 not published —
4 Vanderbilt University cost & debt at this university → $131,102 $117,572 $133,025 6
5 Boston College $90,012 $117,572 $142,311 58
6 University of Wisconsin-Madison cost & debt at this university → not published $107,256 $131,458 22
7 Fordham University cost & debt at this university → not published $103,078 $95,156 —
8 University of Florida cost & debt at this university → $123,668 $103,078 $87,622 56
9 Tulane University of Louisiana $103,779 $102,409 $114,342 69
10 Southern Methodist University cost & debt at this university → $99,239 $101,558 $116,891 —
11 Claremont McKenna College cost & debt at this university → not published $100,075 not published 13
12 Johns Hopkins University cost & debt at this university → $78,878 $98,847 $107,818 72

What this figure does and does not tell you

It is the median of what real graduates of this exact major earned, taken from tax records two years after they completed. It is not a starting salary, not an average of job adverts, and not a projection. The median master's major in this dataset reports $54,713, so Finance and Financial Management Services sits above the middle by $19,863.

Two years is early in a career. Fields with long training pipelines — medicine, law, research — look weaker at this point than they will at ten, while trades and applied technical fields peak sooner. Read a low figure in a long-pipeline subject as "slow start", not "bad degree".

There is no debt figure here on purpose. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not borrowing, so nobody can honestly tell you the debt of a specific major. Debt is published per institution — that is where our university cost pages carry it.

Finance and Financial Management Services at other levels

Bachelor's — $49,864 (B)

Majors that pay more at this level Closest first — useful if you are still choosing.

Chemical Engineering — $76,460 Computer and Information Sciences, General — $80,705 Statistics — $81,263 Mechanical Engineering — $81,702 Industrial Engineering — $83,547 Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management — $85,465

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Finance and Financial Management Services: the questions people ask

How much do Finance and Financial Management Services graduates earn?
The median master's graduate earns $74,576 two years after finishing, across 79 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $72,510.
Is a Finance and Financial Management Services degree worth it?
Yes — graduates earn more than most majors at this level. The median graduate earns $35,056 a year more than a US worker whose highest qualification is a high-school diploma.
What is the salary range for Finance and Financial Management Services?
Half of US programmes report medians between $64,196 and $87,973. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Finance and Financial Management Services each year?
About 4,158 students complete a master's in this field each year across 266 US programmes.
Does this include student debt?
No — and deliberately. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not debt, so any "debt by major" figure you see elsewhere is an estimate. Debt is published per institution, which is why our university pages carry it and this page does not.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings (median earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured 1–3 years after completion). Figures are per major and credential level, pooled across US programmes. Information only, not financial advice.