2024 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Mississippi
6Colleges in Mississippi
400Finance Degrees Awarded
$42,775Avg Early-Career Salary
Finance & Financial Management is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for finance & financial management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 400 degrees in finance & financial management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Finance & Financial Management School
Your choice of finance & financial management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for finance & financial management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Finance & Financial Management Degree Level
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 the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Mississippi.
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Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management in Mississippi
The schools below may not offer all types of finance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Mississippi State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in finance & financial management. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #284 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mississippi State is a great university overall.
There were about 90 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program report average early career earnings of $40,559.
Any student who is interested in finance & financial management needs to look into University of Mississippi. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the remote town of University. A Best Colleges rank of #361 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ole Miss is a great university overall.
There were roughly 225 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the finance & financial management degree program at University of Mississippi earn $5,991 more than the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Mississippi College is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in finance & financial management. MC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Clinton. A Best Colleges rank of #644 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means MC is a great college overall.
There were about 21 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at MC in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, finance degree recipients generally make an average of $42,645 in the first five years of their career.
University of Southern Mississippi is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in finance & financial management. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 29 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Southern Miss in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, finance degree recipients usually make an average of $39,129 in their early careers.
Delta State University is a small public university located in the town of Cleveland. This university ranks 10th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 5 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Delta State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Raymond, Hinds Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 13th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 5 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Hinds Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Jackson State is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Jackson. This university ranks 11th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 14 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Jackson State in the most recent year we have data available.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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