2025 Best Finance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
91Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
9,705Finance Degrees Awarded
Ranked #11 in popularity, finance 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 91 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for finance students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 9,705 degrees in finance to qualified students.
Your choice of finance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for finance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
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Best Schools for Finance in the Middle Atlantic Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a degree in finance. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 657 finance students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Georgetown University if you want to pursue a degree in finance. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 356 finance students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown 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.
Lehigh University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in finance. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were approximately 208 finance students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available.
Villanova University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in finance. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Villanova. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were roughly 231 finance students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 130 finance students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 3 colleges for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were approximately 271 finance students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were approximately 423 finance students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bronx. A Best Colleges rank of #67 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 229 finance students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 165 finance students who graduated with this degree at St. Joe's in the most recent year we have data available.
NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 finance students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 8th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 240 finance students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 418 finance students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were roughly 227 finance students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
Pitt is a very large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 257 finance students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
Essex is a medium-sized public college located in the large city of Newark. This college ranks 14th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 19 finance students who graduated with this degree at Essex in the most recent data year.
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Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Newark. This university ranks 4th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 347 finance students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers Newark in the most recent data year.
Baruch is a fairly large public college located in the large city of New York. This college ranks 26th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 986 finance students who graduated with this degree at Baruch in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 65 finance students who graduated with this degree at University of Scranton 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.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Finance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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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Your choice of finance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for finance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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