by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Finance is the 11th most popular major in the country with 51,658 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 12,791 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in finance. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their finance program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree finance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 236 doctorate’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s finance degrees to 114 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%.
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