2025 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Arkansas
8Colleges in Arkansas
615Finance Degrees Awarded
$59,187Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #14 in popularity, finance & financial management is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for finance & financial management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 615 degrees in finance & financial management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Finance & Financial Management School
The finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management rankings. We derive our Best Overall Finance & Financial Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Finance & Financial Management Rankings by Degree Level
The finance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Arkansas.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management in Arkansas
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the finance degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in finance & financial management has to check out University of Arkansas. UARK is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 367 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program state that they receive average early career earnings of $56,387.
Harding University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in finance & financial management. Harding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Searcy. A Best Colleges rank of #640 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Harding is a great university overall.
There were about 28 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Harding in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program report average early career income of $53,876.
Managing and quantifying money is at the heart of the online bachelor's degree in finance at SNHU. You'll learn the fundamentals of investments, address key managerial issues, examine ethics from every angle and build the skillset to be a player in the multidimensional business marketplace.
Arkansas Tech University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in finance & financial management. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 30 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at ATU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in finance & financial management has to look into Arkansas State University - Main Campus. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #753 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means A-State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 53 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at A-State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program state that they receive average early career wages of $43,060.
Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 50 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program report average early career earnings of $44,343.
Ouachita Baptist is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Arkadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #1377 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ouachita Baptist is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Ouachita Baptist in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, finance degree recipients generally make an average of $53,195 in their early careers.
Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 19 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the finance program earn an average of $60,521 for their early career.
Located in the city of LIttle Rock, Grantham University is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 36th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 9 finance & financial management students who graduated from this degree at Grantham University in the most recent data year.
Managing and quantifying money is at the heart of the online bachelor's degree in finance at SNHU. You'll learn the fundamentals of investments, address key managerial issues, examine ethics from every angle and build the skillset to be a player in the multidimensional business marketplace.
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).
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The finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management rankings. We derive our Best Overall Finance & Financial Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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