2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in New Jersey

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 New Jersey” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 57,893 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 1,408 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,938 and $27,061 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the finance and financial management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey

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

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

#1

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$15,787 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey list. This fairly large school is located in Glassboro, New Jersey, and it awarded 5 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Rowan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Rowan University

#2

Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$21,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,957 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Peter’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey list. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Saint Peter’s College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Peter’s University are $21,246.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Saint Peter’s University

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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