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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 57,778 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 13,324 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,377 and $24,268 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree finance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia State is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 1 doctorate’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Georgia State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region. UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 90 doctorate’s finance degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Mississippi State University
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