2025 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Rhode Island
8Colleges in Rhode Island
661Finance Degrees Awarded
$59,187Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in finance & financial management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #14 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for finance & financial management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 661 degrees in finance & financial management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Finance & Financial Management School
The finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management rankings. For our Best Overall Finance & Financial Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Finance & Financial Management Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management in Rhode Island
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the finance degree levels they offer.
Bryant University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in finance & financial management. Located in the suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #84 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bryant is a great university overall.
There were about 200 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Bryant in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the finance & financial management major at Bryant University make $2,806 above the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
It's difficult to beat Providence College if you want to pursue a degree in finance & financial management. Providence is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.
There were about 207 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the finance & financial management program at Providence College earn $5,240 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Managing and quantifying money is at the heart of the online bachelor's degree in finance at SNHU. You'll learn the fundamentals of investments, address key managerial issues, examine ethics from every angle and build the skillset to be a player in the multidimensional business marketplace.
University of Rhode Island is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in finance & financial management. URI is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 5th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 111 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the finance program make about $50,529 in their early career salary.
Every student pursuing a degree in finance & financial management has to check out Roger Williams University. RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Bristol. This university ranks 7th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 41 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the finance program state that they receive average early career income of $60,042.
Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Newport. This university ranks 440th out of 2,152 colleges for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 17 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Salve Regina in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the finance & financial management program at Salve Regina University make $6,847 above the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #236 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means JWU Providence is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, finance degree recipients generally make an average of $53,555 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 36 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at JWU Online in the most recent data year. After graduating, finance degree recipients generally make an average of $53,555 in the first five years of their career.
RIC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Providence. This college ranks 6th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 20 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, finance degree recipients usually make around $34,991 in their early careers.
Managing and quantifying money is at the heart of the online bachelor's degree in finance at SNHU. You'll learn the fundamentals of investments, address key managerial issues, examine ethics from every angle and build the skillset to be a player in the multidimensional business marketplace.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The finance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management rankings. For our Best Overall Finance & Financial Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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