2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,544 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 471st most popular in the United States.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial planning and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school. 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Marywood University

Scranton, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$11,438 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marywood University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s financial planning degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Marywood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 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 Marywood are $11,438.

Full Marywood University Financial Planning & Services Report

#2

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$17,802 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. St. Joe’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Joe’s also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Joe’s are $17,802, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Saint Joseph’s University Financial Planning & Services Report

#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Rose landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Albany, New York, and it awarded 1 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Rose, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Rose are $15,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Saint Rose Financial Planning & Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

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

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