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2023 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

51 Colleges
$52,044 Avg Salary
$24,671 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Finance & Financial Management program at each school on the list.

Check out the finance programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found Case Western Reserve University to be the most popular school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#3

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

Out of the 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public college with a 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 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#5

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Purdue University Global ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for finance and financial management students. Located in the city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#8

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Xavier University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for finance and financial management students. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 102
Illinois 244
Ohio 307
Indiana 78
Wisconsin 47

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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