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 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 Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 1,046 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,081 and $24,911 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,865 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Iowa” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Iowa”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Upper Iowa University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fayette, Iowa, and it awarded 17 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Mercy University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Iowa list. This small school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 4 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Mount Mercy University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Iowa list. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 23 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Iowa State University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Ambrose University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Davenport, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at St. Ambrose University
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