If you're seeking a degree in risk management, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1458 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Risk Management Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 degrees in risk management annually.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Risk Management Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Risk Management in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of risk management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).