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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities (Income $0-$30k)

6 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Investments and Securities is the 905th most popular major in the country with 299 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in investments and securities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great investments and securities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the investments and securities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree investments and securities students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities (Income $0-$30k)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 2 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,216 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNL.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 Investments and Securities at UNL

#2

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s investments and securities degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

UNI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Northern Iowa is $10,757 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at University of Northern Iowa

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNOMAHA is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNOMAHA, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNOMAHA is $10,490 for bachelor’s degree investments and securities students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at UNOMAHA

#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #4 spot on the list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s investments and securities degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UND is $11,092 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Investments and Securities at UND

#5

Nichols College

Dudley, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nichols College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Dudley, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s investments and securities degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Nichols also took the #5 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nichols is $23,206 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at Nichols College

#6

Lynn University

Boca Raton, Florida
#6 in overall quality

Lynn University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Lynn University Fighting Knights is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 13 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

Lynn University Fighting Knights not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $31,214 for bachelor’s degree investments and securities students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lynn University.

Full Lynn University Fighting Knights Investments and Securities Report

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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