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

6 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 299 people earned their degree in investments and securities, making the major the 905th most popular in the United States.

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” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in investments and securities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent investments and securities programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s

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

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

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s investments and securities degrees to 23 students 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 more about Investments and Securities at Creighton

#2

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and it awarded 2 masters’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

Gardner - Webb also made our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Gardner - Webb are $9,050.

Read full report on Investments and Securities at Gardner - Webb

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s. Temple 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.

Read more about Investments and Securities at Temple University

#4

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #4 spot on the list. Wilmington, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s investments and securities degrees to 6 students 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 University of North Carolina at Wilmington are $21,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Carolina at Wilmington Investments and Securities Report

#5

Pace University - New York

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pace University - New York landed the #5 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s investments and securities degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Pace University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pace University - New York are $33,356, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Investments and Securities at Pace University - New York

#6

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

Vanderbilt University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s ranking. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s investments and securities degrees to qualified students.

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

Full Vanderbilt University Investments and Securities Report

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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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