2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin

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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 Wisconsin, there were 1,558 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,015 and $26,806 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in finance and financial management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great finance and financial management programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree finance students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$101,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at UW - Madison

#2

Concordia University, Wisconsin

Mequon, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$11,460 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Wisconsin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Wisconsin also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Concordia University, Wisconsin

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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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