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 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Finance Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 726 degrees in finance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
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 Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college 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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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.
University of Maryland - College Park is a great option for students pursuing a degree in finance. Located in the large 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 students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in finance needs to look into Johns Hopkins University. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly 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 roughly 54 finance students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Maryland Global Campus is a great option for students interested in a degree in finance. 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 roughly 135 finance students who graduated with this degree at UMGC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in finance needs to check out Salisbury University. Salisbury is a moderately-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 students who graduated with this degree at Salisbury in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Princess Anne, UMES is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 33rd out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 7 finance students who graduated with this degree at UMES in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the 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 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 5 finance students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Maryland in the most recent data year.
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 about 30 finance students who graduated with this degree at Morgan State 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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