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2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$22,464 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$101,072 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Finance & Financial Management

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the Southwest Region for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Texas Tech University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #1 for overall quality for finance in the Southwest Region .

Full Finance & Financial Management at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great value for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

UOPX - Arizona graduate students pay an average of $16,153 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UOPX - Arizona is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a great value for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

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 5 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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