Ranked #11 in popularity, finance is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of finance. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 895 degrees in finance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Finance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for finance 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.
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 Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the finance degrees they offer, see the list below.
Virginia Tech is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in finance. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 337 finance students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat James Madison University if you want to pursue a degree in finance. JMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Harrisonburg. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 122 finance students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat George Mason University if you want to pursue a degree in finance. GMU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were about 169 finance students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in finance. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #240 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 finance students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
CNU is a small public university located in the city of Newport News. This university ranks 17th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 18 finance students who graduated with this degree at CNU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 107 finance students who graduated with this degree at Old Dominion in the most recent data year.
Radford is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Radford. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 45 finance students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 35 finance students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Hampton is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Hampton. This university ranks 46th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 12 finance students who graduated with this degree at Hampton 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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The finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Finance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for finance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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