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2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
103 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Financial Planning & Services is the 471st most popular major in the country with 3,544 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 121 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in financial planning and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in the New England Region

#1

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $18,286 for new england region bachelor’s degree financial planning students.

Full Husson University Financial Planning & Services Report

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 27 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at University of Connecticut

#3

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 53 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2019-2020.

RWU also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for RWU is $36,456 for new england region bachelor’s degree financial planning students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Roger Williams University

#4

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Suffolk is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Suffolk also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk is $30,701 for new england region bachelor’s degree financial planning students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Suffolk University

#5

Bryant University

Smithfield, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryant University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Bryant is a private not-for-profit institution located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bryant also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Bryant is $39,234 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Bryant University Financial Planning & Services Report

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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.

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