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Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

26 Colleges
$22,435 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,194 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Master's 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Charleston Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. CSU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSU are $5,085 a year.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.

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#3

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Gardner - Webb University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value finance and financial management schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the distant town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Gardner - Webb graduate students pay an average of $10,130 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Christopher Newport University

Newport News, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Christopher Newport University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. CNU is a small public school located in the city of Newport News.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CNU are $21,420 a year.

CNU also claimed a spot on our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#5

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

Out of the 26 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Tampa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Tampa, UT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

UT graduate students pay an average of $12,014 in tuition and fees each year.

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Florida Institute of Technology - Online landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Florida Institute of Technology - Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.

Florida Institute of Technology - Online graduate students pay an average of $16,128 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for finance and financial management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

UF also claimed a spot on our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#9

Brenau University

Gainesville, GA

Brenau University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Gainesville.

Brenau graduate students pay an average of $13,940 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UARK is a very large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.

UARK excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,368
Virginia 929
North Carolina 1,303
Florida 3,990
Tennessee 675
Kentucky 532
South Carolina 993
Louisiana 910
Arkansas 638
Alabama 1,276
Mississippi 396
West Virginia 206

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 25 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.

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