2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 North Carolina, there were 1,326 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,056 and $22,274 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the finance and financial management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree finance students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a fairly large public school situated in Wilmington, North Carolina. It awarded 6 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW also took the #2 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNCW are $21,286, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at UNCW

#2

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, North Carolina

$9,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the #2 spot on the list. Gardner - Webb is located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.

Gardner - Webb not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gardner - Webb University are $9,050, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Gardner - Webb

#3

Campbell University

Buies Creek, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$14,985 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbell University landed the #3 spot on the list. Buies Creek, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Campbell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Campbell are $14,985.

Full Campbell University Finance & Financial Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management (With Aid)

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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