by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 New Jersey, there were 1,391 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,494 and $25,630 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in finance and financial management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in finance and financial management.
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The finance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree finance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Peter’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey. Saint Peter’s College is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Saint Peter’s College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey City University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey list. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey list. William Paterson University of New Jersey is a medium-sized school located in Wayne, New Jersey that handed out 2 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full William Paterson University Finance & Financial Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey list. Rowan University is a fairly large school located in Glassboro, New Jersey that handed out 3 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey. This medium-sized school is located in Teaneck, New Jersey, and it awarded 18 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in New Jersey list. This small school is located in Madison, New Jersey, and it awarded 37 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
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