2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 52,394 finance students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the finance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s finance degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Georgia State University Finance Report

#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s finance degrees to qualified students.

UA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Finance Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Finance at UA

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance (With Aid)

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.

Credits

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

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