2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 52,394 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, finance is the 10th most popular major in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 12,833 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in finance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality finance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the finance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Georgia State University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s finance degrees to qualified students.

Georgia State also made our “Best Finance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Finance at Georgia State

#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 1 doctorate’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Finance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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