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.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Idaho to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of finance. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 355 degrees in finance annually.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Finance Schools in Idaho list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
Brigham Young University - Idaho is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in finance. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Rexburg. This university ranks 5th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 187 finance students who graduated with this degree at BYU - I in the most recent data year.
University of Idaho is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in finance. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #845 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U of I is a great university overall.
There were approximately 56 finance students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
Boise State University is a great option for students interested in a degree in finance. Boise State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boise. A Best Colleges rank of #512 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boise State is a great university overall.
There were about 78 finance students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in finance needs to look into Idaho State University. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were roughly 34 finance students who graduated with this degree at ISU in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
One of 8 majors within the Finance & Financial Management area of study, Finance has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
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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