A bachelor’s degree in finance helps students develop financial acumen and leadership skills. An undergraduate degree from schools with the best programs also teaches students to understand the different financial environments in which they might work.
Degreechoices, a group of researchers who advise and guide prospective students on schools and careers, has compiled a list of the top U.S. colleges for finance majors, ranking them by their economic score.
The economic score is calculated by taking the payback period (total net cost divided by marginal earnings) and dividing it by the EarningsPlus percentage — a school’s program-level median earnings compared to all students nationwide graduating with the same degree that same year. The lower the score the better, because lower numbers are better for payback and debt-to-earnings.
See the accompanying gallery for the 15 colleges with the best undergraduate finance programs, according to Degreechoices. The cost presented is the median net annual cost for students receiving federal financial aid. Earnings are the median earnings of all students in the program four years after graduating.
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