2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in New York

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Financial Planning & Services is the 430th most popular major in the country with 4,087 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New York, there were 56 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in financial planning and services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their financial planning and services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree financial planning students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in New York

1

Pace University - New York
New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in New York. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s financial planning degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Pace University

2

Molloy College
Rockville Centre, New York

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Molloy College landed the #2 spot on the list. Rockville Centre, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s financial planning degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Molloy

3

Niagara University
Niagara University, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Niagara University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in New York. Niagara is a small school located in Niagara University, New York that handed out 0 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Niagara University Financial Planning & Services Report

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The College of Saint Rose
Albany, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Rose. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in New York list. Albany, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s financial planning degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Full Saint Rose 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.