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2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools

198 Colleges
$53,475 Avg Salary
$24,463 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management School for You

Finance & Financial Management is the #45 most popular major in the country with 5,784 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Finance & Financial Management Schools ranking. This report analyzed 198 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges.

Top 25 Top Schools in Finance & Financial Management

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the United States for finance and financial management students. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 198 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Schools list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #7 on the list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#8

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Georgetown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #8 on the list. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#9

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

With a ranking of #9, Lehigh University did quite well on this year’s best schools for finance and financial management students. Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#10

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Schools list. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Clara.

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools ranking. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best finance and financial management programs. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#14

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools ranking. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#15

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

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#16

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools ranking. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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University of Maryland - College Park came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools ranking. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

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#18

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #18 on the list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #19 on the list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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#20

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools ranking. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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North Carolina State University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Schools list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#22

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College ranked #22 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Schools list. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

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#23

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

University of Delaware did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #23 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a very large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #24 on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

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With a ranking of #25, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for finance and financial management students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Rest of the Top Best Finance & Financial Management Schools

#26

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA
#27

Bentley University

Waltham, MA
#28

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD
#29

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Finance & Financial Management students that almost earned our Best Finance & Financial Management Schools award.

Rank College Location
30 Boston University Boston, MA
31 Creighton University Omaha, NE
32 Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA
33 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
34 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
35 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
36 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
37 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
38 Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Winona, MN
39 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD

Finance & Financial Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Finance & Financial Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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