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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

3 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Master's in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Finance & Financial Management is the 14th most popular major in the country with 57,893 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,578 and had an average of $26,517 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 1,408 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,938 and $27,061 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in finance and financial management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great finance and financial management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the finance and financial management 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 Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

#1

Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, New Jersey

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Peter’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Peter’s College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Peter’s University are $21,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

New Jersey City University

Jersey City, New Jersey

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey City University landed the #2 spot on the list. NJCU is a medium-sized public school situated in Jersey City, New Jersey. It awarded 3 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

NJCU also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Jersey City University are $26,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k. Rowan University is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 5 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Rowan also took the #1 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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