by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 51,658 people earned their degree in finance, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 12,791 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 628 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 30 colleges that offered 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 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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree finance students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jose Maria Vargas University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Pembroke Pines, Florida, this small private for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 67 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Christopher Newport University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region. Newport News, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology - Online. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Institute of Technology - Online is a small school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 12 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Read full report on Finance at Florida Institute of Technology - Online
Nova Southeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Nova Southeastern University is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 44 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Florida International University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 95 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
The University of Alabama landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Clinton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Finance at University of South Florida - Main Campus
With a ranking of #11, West Virginia University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Middle Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 14 students 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%.
Read full report on Finance at Middle Tennessee State University
Florida State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 38 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
University of Miami ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. U Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Brenau University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Brenau University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gainesville, Georgia. It awarded 6 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Florida ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 38 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 21 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Liberty University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 58 degrees to qualified masters’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%.
Charleston Southern University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Arkansas ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 16 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
The University of Tampa landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UT is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 148 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 9 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Read more about Finance at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Vanderbilt University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Mississippi State University is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 114 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #24, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 297 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Southern Adventist University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Collegedale, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Bluefield College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. This small school is located in Bluefield, Virginia, and it awarded 0 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgia State University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia State University is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 236 masters’s 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%.
University of the Cumberlands landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of the Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Williamsburg, Kentucky. It awarded 0 masters’s finance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #24, South College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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