2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Finance in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Finance is the 1118th most popular major in the country with 34 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 32 public finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 public finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public finance 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 public finance 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The public finance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Public Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree public finance students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Finance in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Niagara University

Niagara University, New York

#1 in overall quality

$14,893 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Niagara University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Niagara University, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s public finance students in 2019-2020.

Niagara did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Niagara are $14,893, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Finance at Niagara 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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