2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Finance in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Finance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Finance is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 52,394 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 10,131 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent finance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the finance program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Finance Schools

The finance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Finance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

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Best Value Finance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree finance students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Finance in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Essex County College

Newark, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$11,443 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Essex County College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Newark, New Jersey, and it awarded 15 associates’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Essex not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Finance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Essex County College is $11,443 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Finance students.

Read full report on Finance at Essex

#2

Borough of Manhattan Community College

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$5,158 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified associates’s finance students in 2019-2020.

BMCC also made our “Best Finance Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Borough of Manhattan Community College is $5,158 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Finance students.

Read more about Finance at Borough of Manhattan Community College

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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