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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 1,121 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,145 and $25,776 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota.

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

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$60,072 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

Capella University also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Capella University Finance & Financial Management Report

#2

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,716 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 19 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Walden University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Walden University Finance & Financial Management Report

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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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