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2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master's For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the investments and securities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Investments and Securities at Vanderbilt

#2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 masters’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNCW are $21,286, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Investments and Securities at UNCW

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #3 spot on the list. Temple University is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 7 masters’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Temple Investments and Securities Report

#4

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #4 spot on the list. Creighton University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton are $18,528.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at Creighton University

#5

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the #5 spot on the list. Boiling Springs, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s investments and securities degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Gardner - Webb not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gardner - Webb University are $9,050, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Gardner - Webb University Investments and Securities Report

#6

Pace University - New York

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Pace University - New York did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 13 masters’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree investments and securities students whose families make $30-$48k list, Pace University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University are $33,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Pace University - New York 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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