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2024 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Tennessee

18 Colleges in Tennessee
778 Finance Degrees Awarded
$54,275 Avg Early-Career Salary
Finance & Financial Management is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 18 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for finance & financial management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 778 degrees in finance & financial management during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Finance & Financial Management School

Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Tennessee Your choice of finance & financial management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for finance & financial management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Finance & Financial Management Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Finance
Bachelor's Degrees in Finance
Master's Degrees in Finance

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 Tennessee list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management in Tennessee

The schools below may not offer all types of finance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

10 Top Tennessee Schools in Finance

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Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in finance & financial management. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.

There were approximately 6 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year. Finance & Financial Management degree recipients from Vanderbilt University earn a boost of around $76,828 above the average earnings of finance & financial management graduates.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
198 Finance Degrees Awarded
$47,575 Median Starting Salary

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in finance & financial management. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.

There were approximately 198 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program report average early career wages of $47,575.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
13th Most Popular In TN

It's difficult to beat Southern Adventist University if you want to pursue a degree in finance & financial management. Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Collegedale. A Best Colleges rank of #273 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Southern Adventist is a great university overall.

There were about 7 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Southern Adventist in the most recent data year.

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Belmont University
Nashville, TN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In TN
23.8% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in finance & financial management needs to check out Belmont University. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #206 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Belmont is a great university overall.

There were about 21 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Belmont in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In TN
66 Finance Degrees Awarded

Located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.

There were roughly 66 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UT Chattanooga in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
102 Finance Degrees Awarded
10.8% Growth in Graduates

UofM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Memphis. A Best Colleges rank of #748 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UofM is a great university overall.

There were roughly 102 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program report average early career income of $42,738.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
108 Finance Degrees Awarded
16.7% Growth in Graduates

Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public university located in the city of Murfreesboro. A Best Colleges rank of #866 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Middle Tennessee State University is a great university overall.

There were roughly 108 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program state that they receive average early career earnings of $44,271.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In TN
16.7% Growth in Graduates

Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Memphis. This university ranks 19th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.

There were roughly 12 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Christian Brothers in the most recent data year.

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Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In TN
31.6% Growth in Graduates

Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #577 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lipscomb is a great university overall.

There were roughly 19 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent data year.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In TN
52.4% Growth in Graduates

FHU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Henderson. This university ranks 25th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.

There were roughly 21 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at FHU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in finance & financial management from Freed-Hardeman University

Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Georgia2871,368
Florida2823,957
North Carolina2791,251
Virginia274925
South Carolina248993
Kentucky244532
Louisiana242910
Mississippi234388
Arkansas234638
Alabama2331,274
West Virginia207206

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Finance & Financial Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Finance Focus Areas

MajorAnnual Graduates
Finance761
Banking and Financial Support Services8
Financial Planning & Services5
Investments and Securities4

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Business Administration & Management6,161
Accounting1,142
Marketing912
General Business/Commerce631
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods549
Business Support & Assistant Services379
Human Resource Management183
Management Information Systems175
Hospitality Management151
Entrepreneurial Studies140

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