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2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s

6 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

This year’s “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the investments and securities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s investments and securities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UND, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Dakota is $15,738 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students.

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%.

Read more about Investments and Securities at UND

#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 list. UNI is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,620 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students per year to attend University of Northern Iowa.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Nebraska at Omaha 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.

UNOMAHA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,040 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students per year to attend UNOMAHA.

Read more about Investments and Securities at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,208 for Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at UNL

#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. Nichols College is a small school located in Dudley, Massachusetts that handed out 1 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree investments and securities students list, Nichols has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $27,721 for bachelor’s degree investments and securities students per year to attend Nichols College.

Read more about Investments and Securities at Nichols

#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 ranking. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s investments and securities students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree investments and securities students list, Lynn University Fighting Knights has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $36,044 for bachelor’s degree investments and securities students per year to attend Lynn University.

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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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