Concordia University-Wisconsin Finance (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Finance and Financial Management Services
- Private nonprofit university
- Mequon, WI
- About 17 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Concordia University-Wisconsin finance graduates earn about what finance graduates earn nationally, $51,235 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, more than at 82% of finance programs in the country. Several Wisconsin programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Wisconsin and national columns are the medians across all finance bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Wisconsin finance program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Wisconsin medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 6.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
88% of graduates (21 of 24) were working in Wisconsin one year after graduating. Prices in the Milwaukee area are about 3% below the national average, so a $51,235 salary here buys what about $52,854 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to finance, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$118,730Median pay in Wisconsin. 36,910 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Financial Managers
$139,720Median pay in Wisconsin. 15,530 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 65,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
$74,010Median pay in Wisconsin. 5,980 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 35,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Financial and Investment Analysts
$95,570Median pay in Wisconsin. 5,430 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Concordia University-Wisconsin
Finance ranks 6th of 16 bachelor's programs at Concordia University-Wisconsin by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($72,393), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($67,407), and Human Resources ($58,982).
Other finance bachelor's programs near Mequon
Common questions
The median graduate earns $51,235 one year after graduating. The median across finance bachelor's programs in Wisconsin is $57,025.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 9th lowest of 10 finance bachelor's programs in Wisconsin. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 53% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%. Compare the cost with other Wisconsin programs before deciding.
Most do. 88% (21 of 24) were working in Wisconsin one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Wisconsin comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the finance program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024