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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.

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

Check out the finance master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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 midsize city of Charleston.

CSU graduate students pay an average of $5,085 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value finance and financial management schools in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

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#3

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Out of the 26 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit college 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Christopher Newport University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s 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.

CNU graduate students pay an average of $21,420 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, CNU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MC are $12,796 per year.

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The University of Tampa landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Located in the large city of Tampa, UT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT are $12,014 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Florida Institute of Technology - Online did quite well on this year’s best value schools for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. Florida Institute of Technology - Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the 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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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 10% of our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#9

Brenau University

Gainesville, GA

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brenau are $13,940 a year.

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#10

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

With a ranking of #10, University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. UARK is a very large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $22,563 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UARK is 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 schools 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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