2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 6,966 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,122 and $25,138 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in finance and financial management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent finance and financial management 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 finance and financial management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 8 doctorate’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Finance & Financial Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Texas Tech

#2

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$25,807 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Finance & Financial Management Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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