2024 Best Finance Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

Finance is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #42 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the best for finance students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 149 master's degrees in finance during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on finance students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other finance students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized finance related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for finance students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Finance Master's Degree Schools in Delaware list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Finance in Delaware

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in finance.

Top Delaware Schools for a Master's in Finance

1

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

52 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in finance needs to check out Wilmington University. Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in finance from Wilmington University

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

University of Delaware is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in finance. UD is a very large public university located in the suburb of Newark.More information about a master’s in finance from University of Delaware

2

Goldey - Beacom College
Wilmington, DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in finance has to check out Goldey - Beacom College. Goldey - Beacom College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Wilmington.More information about a master’s in finance from Goldey - Beacom College

Best Finance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Finance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	238
Pennsylvania	607	410
Maryland	363	106
New Jersey	346	39
District of Columbia	334	141

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Finance Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale. More about our data sources and methodologies.