by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in West Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 51,658 people earned their degree in finance, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States.
Across West Virginia, there were 201 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 177 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,695 and $24,033 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in West Virginia” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in finance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in finance.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia bachelor’s degree finance students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethany College West Virginia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bethany, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in West Virginia. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 149 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in West Virginia. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Davis & Elkins College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in West Virginia. D&E is located in Elkins, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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