2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Financial Planning & Services is the 471st most popular major in the country with 3,544 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,839 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial planning and services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent financial planning and services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Marywood University

Scranton, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$11,438 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the #1 spot on the list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 11 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marywood, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marywood University are $11,438, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Marywood Financial Planning & Services Report

#2

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$17,802 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Saint Joseph’s University is a medium-sized school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Joe’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Joseph’s University are $17,802, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Saint Joseph’s University

#3

The College of Saint Rose

Albany, New York

$15,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Rose landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Rose is a small school located in Albany, New York that handed out 1 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Rose not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Rose are $15,308.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at The College of Saint Rose

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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