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2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s

15 Ranked Colleges
389 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Financial Mathematics is the 174th most popular major in the country with 4,421 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 389 financial mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial mathematics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial mathematics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial mathematics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree financial math students.

Top 15 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Mathematics

#1

Baruch College

New York, New York
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baruch College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s financial math students in 2019-2020.

Baruch also took the #8 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baruch College is $3,562 for bachelor’s degree financial math students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 more about Financial Mathematics at Baruch College

#2

Birmingham Southern College

Birmingham, Alabama
#11 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Birmingham Southern College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s. Birmingham Southern College is a small school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 2 bachelors’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

BSC also took the #11 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BSC is $22,107 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 more about Financial Mathematics at Birmingham Southern College

#3

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, New York
#14 in overall quality

Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brooklyn College landed the #3 spot on the list. Brooklyn College is a fairly large school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

Brooklyn College also made our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #14. It costs about $2,683 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students per year to attend Brooklyn College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Financial Mathematics at Brooklyn College

#12 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 24 bachelors’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is $21,843 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Financial Mathematics at UC

#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,127 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students per year to attend UK.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Financial Mathematics at University of Kentucky

#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#15 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Wayne State University is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 5 bachelors’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,965 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students per year to attend Wayne State.

Read full report on Financial Mathematics at Wayne State University

#7

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

University of Connecticut came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s financial math degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #6 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Connecticut is $22,012 for bachelor’s degree financial math students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about Financial Mathematics at University of Connecticut

#8

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#5 in overall quality

University of California - Los Angeles came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of California - Los Angeles is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 91 bachelors’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCLA is $14,279 for bachelor’s degree financial math students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UCLA Financial Mathematics Report

#9

Wabash College

Crawfordsville, Indiana
#9 in overall quality

Wabash College landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Wabash is located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s financial math degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree financial math students list, Wabash has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wabash College is $19,015 for bachelor’s degree financial math students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Wabash College Financial Mathematics Report

#10

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon
#7 in overall quality

University of Portland ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s financial math degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Portland, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Portland is $36,464 for bachelor’s degree financial math students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Financial Mathematics at University of Portland

#11

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s financial math students in 2019-2020.

MIT also made our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology is $16,636 for bachelor’s degree financial math students.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.

Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology Financial Mathematics Report

#12

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#13 in overall quality

Hofstra University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Hempstead, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s financial math students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree financial math students list, Hofstra has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hofstra University is $32,838 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Financial Mathematics at Hofstra University

#13

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

Stevens Institute of Technology ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $37,588 for bachelor’s degree financial math students per year to attend Stevens.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Financial Mathematics at Stevens

#14

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #14. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s financial math degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Carnegie Mellon is $34,508 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Carnegie Mellon Financial Mathematics Report

#15

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #15, University of Southern California did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s financial math degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $29,528 for Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students per year to attend University of Southern California.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Financial Mathematics at USC

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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