2023 Most Focused Colleges for Public Finance

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 “Schools Highly Focused on Public Finance Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 48 people earned their degree in public finance, making the major the 1168th most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Public Finance Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public finance. That schools that top this list have a program in public finance in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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 “Schools Highly Focused on Public Finance Major”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Schools Highly Focused on Public Finance Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Public Finance Major”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Public Finance

1

Niagara University
Niagara University, New York

$40,305 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,980 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Niagara University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Public Finance Major list. Niagara University, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s public finance degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Finance at Niagara University

2

York College of Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania

$44,412 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,670 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public Finance Major that were part of this year’s ranking, York College of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. York, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s public finance degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Finance at YCP

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.