2022 Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Financial Mathematics is the 174th most popular major in the country with 4,421 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 845 financial mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 financial mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in financial mathematics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great financial mathematics 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 financial mathematics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree financial math students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Mathematics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$11,848 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s financial math degrees to qualified students.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $11,848 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Kentucky Financial Mathematics Report

#2

Birmingham Southern College

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$19,592 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Birmingham Southern College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Financial Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s financial math students in 2019-2020.

BSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,592 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend BSC.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full BSC Financial Mathematics Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Mathematics (Income $0-$30k)

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 Steven G. Johnson.

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