2024 Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

If you plan on getting your master's degree in finance & financial management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #42 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the best for finance & financial management students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 149 master's degrees in finance & financial management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on finance & financial management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of finance & financial management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt finance & financial management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized finance & financial management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for finance & financial management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The 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 the Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in Delaware.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Finance & Financial Management in Delaware

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for finance & financial management students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Delaware Schools for a Master's in Finance

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University of Delaware
Newark, DE

24 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in finance & financial management needs to take a look at University of Delaware. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in finance & financial management from University of Delaware

1

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

52 Annual Graduates

Wilmington University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in finance & financial management. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of New Castle.More information about a master’s in finance & financial management from Wilmington University

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Goldey - Beacom College
Wilmington, DE

73 Annual Graduates

$55,832 Median Starting Salary

Goldey - Beacom College is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in finance & financial management. Located in the large suburb of Wilmington, Goldey - Beacom College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the finance program make around $55,832 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in finance & financial management from Goldey - Beacom College

Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	321
Pennsylvania	248	483
Maryland	193	106
New Jersey	188	39
District of Columbia	154	141

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Rankings in Majors Related to Finance

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Finance & Financial Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Finance Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Finance	149

Majors Similar to Finance

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	782
Accounting	71
Management Information Systems	63
Human Resource Management	38
International Business	33
Marketing	26
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	22
Taxation	12
Hospitality Management	7
Entrepreneurial Studies	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale. More about our data sources and methodologies.