2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate School for You
With 1,303 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, finance and financial management is the #19 most popular major in North Carolina.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for finance students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Finance & Financial Management
Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.
ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value finance and financial management schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, finance majors at NC State accumulate an average of around $19,257 in student debt.
NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.
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Request InformationBest Value Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Southeast Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,368 |
| Virginia | 929 |
| Florida | 3,990 |
| Tennessee | 675 |
| Kentucky | 532 |
| South Carolina | 993 |
| Louisiana | 910 |
| Arkansas | 638 |
| Alabama | 1,276 |
| Mississippi | 396 |
| West Virginia | 206 |
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Majors Related to Finance
One of 21 majors within the area of study, finance and financial management has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Finance
| 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 2 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.