Business & finance at Notre Dame
Notre Dame graduates about 571 business & finance majors a year, 26% of its graduating class. That puts it 1st of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a standout program at 97 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 304 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 99% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $135,000 four years out, 1.68× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Notre Dame
Where business & finance happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mendoza College of Business.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.
Nearby in the business & finance ranking
Other strong majors at Notre Dame
- Languages 98 · #1
- Philosophy & religion 97 · #3
- Economics 96 · #7
- Political science & IR 96 · #5
- Math & statistics 96 · #8
- Computer science 95 · #15
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.