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2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Finance & Financial Management is the 14th most popular major in the country with 57,893 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,578 and had an average of $26,517 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 13,174 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,982 and $25,351 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance and financial management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality finance and financial management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the finance and financial management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s finance degrees to qualified students.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Georgia State University

#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 1 doctorate’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree finance students whose families make $0-$30k list, UA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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