2024 Best Finance Schools in the Great Lakes Region
129Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
9,201Finance Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in finance, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #11 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 129 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Finance Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 9,201 degrees in finance to qualified students.
Your choice of finance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Finance 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Finance Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Finance in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the finance degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's difficult to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a degree in finance. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 74 finance students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in finance needs to take a look at University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were about 301 finance students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in finance. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 351 finance students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a degree in finance. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 287 finance students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 767 finance students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 343 finance students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were about 227 finance students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.
There were approximately 241 finance students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 342 finance students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 235 finance students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 186 finance students who graduated with this degree at UDayton in the most recent year we have data available.
Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Milwaukee. A Best Colleges rank of #130 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were approximately 189 finance students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent year we have data available.
Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 129 finance students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Butler is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #153 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Butler is a great university overall.
There were about 101 finance students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent year we have data available.
Madison College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Madison. This college ranks 8th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 13 finance students who graduated with this degree at Madison College in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 281 finance students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.
John Carroll is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of University Heights. This university ranks 18th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 49 finance students who graduated with this degree at John Carroll in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 261 finance students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 210 finance students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Finance Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
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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Your choice of finance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Finance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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