Based on first-hand data of microscopic investigation and research on students，this paper adopts multivariate linear regression models to conduct the empirical research on factors that influence students’ demand for general education courses in universities of finance and economics. This research shows that grades，nations and time proportion of internet study are important factors in choosing or demanding for general education courses. Senior students have more needs on general education courses than junior students. Compared with minority students，students of Han nationality are more demand for general education courses. And there is an inverse relationship between the time students spend on studying general education courses on the internet and the demand for general education courses offered by the universities. It also found that in universities of finance and economics，the most popular teaching method is the combination of in-class study and extracurricular practice and students are generally more willing to take lecture classes or general education courses which are more interactive.