Which Virginia finance program has the lowest debt?

JMU reports the lowest median federal debt, $20,500, with first-year pay of $67,849.

How much do finance graduates earn in Virginia?

The median across 5 Virginia finance bachelor's programs is $62,989 in the first year after graduating and $97,027 five years after.

How many finance bachelor's programs are in Virginia?

5 Virginia programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Finance (Bachelor's) Programs in Virginia, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

5 programs report first-year pay
5 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Finance and Financial Management Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Virginia finance bachelor's program pays its graduates $62,989 in their first year, $9,616 more than the national median. JMU reports the highest first-year pay ($67,849), and JMU the lowest median debt ($20,500).

Median first-year pay$62,989National $53,373

Median pay after 5 years$97,027National $77,457

Median federal debt$22,500National $23,250

Debt-to-earnings34%National 44%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	JMUHarrisonburg · public	$67,849	$113,644	$20,500	30%
2	Virginia TechBlacksburg · public	$66,601	$101,795	$22,500	34%
3	George MasonFairfax · public	$62,989	$97,027	$21,500	34%
4	Radford UniversityRadford · public	$48,446	$85,810	$25,000	52%
5	Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk · public	$48,125	$67,196	$25,000	52%

Debt and first-year pay at every Virginia finance program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Virginia medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$122,080

Median pay in Virginia. 103,590 people work in this job in Virginia. 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.

Bottom 10%: $56,400Top 10%: $261,060

Financial Managers

$185,220

Median pay in Virginia. 20,850 people work in this job in Virginia. 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.

Bottom 10%: $108,760Top 10%: $323,300

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

$62,910

Median pay in Virginia. 11,320 people work in this job in Virginia. 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.

Bottom 10%: $48,450Top 10%: $167,130

Financial and Investment Analysts

$105,490

Median pay in Virginia. 10,410 people work in this job in Virginia. 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.

Bottom 10%: $67,540Top 10%: $176,690

Common questions

JMU in Harrisonburg reports the highest median first-year pay, $67,849. Its median federal debt is $20,500.

Finance (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked407 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 Virginia rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the finance bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024