2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 138 financial mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 133 financial mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in financial mathematics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great financial mathematics programs and cost less that 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree financial math students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Mathematics in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s financial math degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. University of Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #3 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 61 masters’s financial math degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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