2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 88 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$15,738 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. UND is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 31 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

UND not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,738 for plains states region bachelor’s degree investments and securities students per year to attend UND.

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

#2

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$15,620 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s investments and securities students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree investments and securities students list, UNI has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $15,620 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Investments and Securities students per year to attend University of Northern Iowa.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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 more about Investments and Securities at University of Northern Iowa

#3

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#4 in overall quality

$14,040 Average Net Price

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 in the Plains States Region list. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 5 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

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 in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,040 for plains states region bachelor’s degree investments and securities students per year to attend UNOMAHA.

Read more about Investments and Securities at UNOMAHA

#4

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$17,208 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 2 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for plains states region bachelor’s degree investments and securities students.

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 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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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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