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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 957 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,311 and $29,579 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 281 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in finance and financial management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent finance and financial management programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Finance & Financial Management Report

#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri

#4 in overall quality

$9,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Charles, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lindenwood University are $9,550.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Lindenwood University

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #3 spot on the list. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 67 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Webster University

#4

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#5 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at UMKC

#5

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$82,440 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 166 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Washington University in St Louis

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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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