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2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$6,657 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,711 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree School for You

Finance & Financial Management is the #14 most popular major in the country with 57,778 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for finance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for finance majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Finance & Financial Management

#1

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

Our 2023 rankings named El Centro College the best value school in the Southwest Region for finance and financial management students working on their associate degree. El Centro College is a very large public school located in the large city of Dallas.

El Centro College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,000 in tuition and fees each year.

El Centro College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at El Centro College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Houston Community College Report

#3

Phoenix College

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent associate degree programs at Phoenix College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value finance and financial management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Phoenix, Phoenix College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Phoenix College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,854 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Phoenix College

Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 5,084
Arizona 950
Oklahoma 698
New Mexico 51

One of 21 majors within the area of study, finance and financial management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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