by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Finance & Financial Management is the 14th most popular major in the country with 57,778 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,475 and had an average of $24,463 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 2,054 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,673 and $24,073 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,626 and $15,120 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance and financial management. That schools that top this list have a program in finance and financial management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Central College landed the #1 spot on the list. Illinois Central College is located in East Peoria, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s finance degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Black Hawk College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois. BHC is a small public school situated in Moline, Illinois. It awarded 1 associates’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakton Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois list. Oakton Community College is a medium-sized school located in Des Plaines, Illinois that handed out 0 associates’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Waubonsee Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Finance Major in Illinois. Waubonsee is located in Sugar Grove, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s finance degrees to qualified students.
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