2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 299 people earned their degree in investments and securities, making the major the 905th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 23 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in investments and securities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent investments and securities programs, but they also cost less that 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 investments and securities program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 masters’s investments and securities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Investments and Securities at Vanderbilt University

#2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s investments and securities students in 2019-2020.

UNCW also made our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNCW are $21,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Investments and Securities at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

#3

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$9,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gardner - Webb University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Investments and Securities Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Gardner - Webb is located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s investments and securities degrees to qualified students.

Gardner - Webb also took the #2 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gardner - Webb are $9,050, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Gardner - Webb University Investments and Securities Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Investments and Securities (With Aid)

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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