2024 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Maryland
6Colleges in Maryland
729Finance Degrees Awarded
$63,231Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #14 in popularity, finance & financial management is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 729 degrees in finance & financial management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Finance & Financial Management School
The finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management rankings. We derive our Best Overall Finance & Financial Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Finance & Financial Management Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management in Maryland
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the finance degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in finance & financial management needs to check out University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were roughly 431 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year. Those finance & financial management students who get their degree from University of Maryland - College Park receive $3,384 more than the standard finance graduate.
Every student who is interested in finance & financial management needs to look into Johns Hopkins University. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 57 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available. Those finance & financial management students who get their degree from Johns Hopkins University make $15,647 more than the average finance graduate.
Every student pursuing a degree in finance & financial management has to check out University of Maryland Global Campus. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMGC is a great university overall.
There were about 135 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UMGC in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the finance program earn around $57,557 in their early career salary.
Salisbury University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in finance & financial management. Salisbury is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Salisbury. This university ranks 11th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 64 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Salisbury in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the finance program earn about $50,666 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the town of Princess Anne, UMES is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 33rd out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 7 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UMES in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 5 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Maryland in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the finance & financial management degree program at Loyola University Maryland earn $36,240 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 31st out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 30 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Morgan State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program report average early career income of $41,560.
Managing and quantifying money is at the heart of the online bachelor's degree in finance at SNHU. You'll learn the fundamentals of investments, address key managerial issues, examine ethics from every angle and build the skillset to be a player in the multidimensional business marketplace.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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