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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for finance students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 705 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Finance Schools in District of Columbia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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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.
It's difficult to beat Georgetown University if you wish to pursue a degree in finance. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 297 finance students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year.
George Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in finance. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 184 finance students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in finance has to check out American University. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #129 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means The American University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 124 finance students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent year we have data available.
Howard University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in finance. Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This university ranks 6th out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 44 finance students who graduated with this degree at Howard in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 10 finance students who graduated with this degree at University of the District of Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
CUA is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This university ranks 5th out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 46 finance students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent year we have data available.
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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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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