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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities (Income $30-$48k)

6 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

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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 $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in investments and securities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality investments and securities programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities (Income $30-$48k)

#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 $30-$48k list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 2 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $13,508 for bachelor’s degree investments and securities students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about 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 $30-$48k list. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree investments and securities students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNI has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Northern Iowa is $12,495 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Investments and Securities at UNI

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #3 spot on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 5 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $11,460 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. 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 University of North Dakota is $11,916 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UND Investments and Securities Report

#5

Nichols College

Dudley, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Nichols College landed the #5 spot on the list. Nichols is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dudley, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

Nichols did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,074 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Nichols.

Read more about Investments and Securities at Nichols College

#6

Lynn University

Boca Raton, Florida
#6 in overall quality

Lynn University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Lynn University Fighting Knights is located in Boca Raton, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lynn University Fighting Knights, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lynn University Fighting Knights is $35,664 for bachelor’s degree investments and securities students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at Lynn University

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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