Rankings by major · 539 schools scored

Best colleges for finance

Every school we cover is scored 0–100 for finance. The score weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80 and up is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid.

The top finance schools: University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame.

Top 100 colleges for finance
Rank	School	Score (0–100)	Tier	Graduates per year in the major	Share of the class	Pay vs. national, same major	Acceptance rate
1	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	100	Standout	230	6.4%	2.38×	5%
2	Georgetown University Washington, DC	98	Standout	225	10%	1.80×	13%
3	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97	Standout	266	9.2%	1.89×	11%
4	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	96	Standout	492	4.8%	1.26×	45%
5	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	95	Standout	308	14.7%	1.58×	48%
6	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	95	Standout	312	3.4%	1.41×	42%
7	The University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	95	Standout	420	4.1%	1.55×	27%
8	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	94	Standout	207	3.1%	1.53×	68%
9	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	93	Standout	198	4.8%	1.42×	46%
10	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	93	Standout	334	3.9%	1.16×	80%
11	Fordham University New York, NY	93	Standout	246	9.6%	1.67×	59%
12	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	92	Standout	308	2.3%	1.32×	52%
13	University of Georgia Athens, GA	92	Standout	544	6.2%	1.15×	38%
14	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	92	Standout	234	7%	1.30×	19%
15	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	91	Standout	244	2.4%	1.25×	20%
16	Villanova University Villanova, PA	91	Standout	242	11.2%	1.55×	28%
17	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	91	Standout	326	4.2%	1.21×	55%
18	George Washington University Washington, DC	91	Standout	107	3.2%	1.49×	47%
19	The Ohio State University Columbus, OH	90	Standout	815	6.9%	1.15×	51%
20	Rutgers University–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ	90	Standout	443	5.1%	1.19×	58%
21	The Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	90	Standout	513	4.8%	1.14×	61%
22	University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	89	Standout	396	4.4%	1.30×	45%
23	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	89	Standout	441	2.9%	1.07×	88%
24	University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA	89	Standout	316	4.4%	1.14×	60%
25	Binghamton University–SUNY Binghamton, NY	89	Standout	130	3.4%	1.35×	37%
26	Baylor University Waco, TX	89	Standout	184	4.8%	1.21×	52%
27	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	88	Standout	211	2.6%	1.19×	86%
28	Rutgers University–Newark Newark, NJ	88	Standout	268	13%	1.19×	71%
29	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	88	Standout	268	9.7%	1.53×	14%
30	The University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	88	Standout	220	4.6%	1.26×	77%
31	Bentley University Waltham, MA	87	Standout	250	22.5%	1.34×	58%
32	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	87	Standout	602	8.4%	1.09×	60%
33	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	87	Standout	354	11.5%	1.74×	16%
34	Miami University–Oxford Oxford, OH	87	Standout	386	8.1%	1.30×	75%
35	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	87	Standout	218	16.5%	1.26×	33%
36	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	86	Standout	646	6.6%	1.03×	24%
37	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	86	Standout	195	13.7%	1.50×	29%
38	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	86	Standout	260	4.6%	1.20×	54%
39	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	85	Standout	191	3.4%	1.19×	87%
40	American University Washington, DC	85	Standout	70	3.5%	1.58×	62%
41	University of Washington Seattle, WA	85	Standout	300	3.1%	1.15×	39%
42	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	85	Standout	166	6.8%	2.18×	12%
43	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	85	Standout	356	3.8%	1.20×	85%
44	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	85	Standout	113	6.4%	1.29×	45%
45	University of Delaware Newark, DE	84	Standout	333	6.8%	1.20×	71%
46	Purdue University–Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	84	Standout	222	2.6%	1.01×	50%
47	Clemson University Clemson, SC	84	Standout	260	5%	1.07×	38%
48	Auburn University Auburn, AL	84	Standout	318	5.5%	0.99×	46%
49	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	84	Standout	213	4.2%	1.12×	59%
50	The University of Texas–Dallas Richardson, TX	83	Standout	266	5.1%	1.02×	65%
51	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	83	Standout	214	8.2%	1.31×	48%
52	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	83	Standout	385	6.8%	1.04×	80%
53	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	83	Standout	100	6.7%	1.22×	62%
54	University of Tennessee–Knoxville Knoxville, TN	83	Standout	222	3.9%	0.99×	42%
55	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	83	Standout	134	2.9%	1.24×	72%
56	Elon University Elon, NC	82	Standout	143	8.1%	1.22×	66%
57	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	82	Standout	386	2.6%	0.97×	43%
58	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	82	Standout	556	7.7%	1.00×	71%
59	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	82	Standout	140	2.8%	1.12×	73%
60	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	82	Standout	190	11.4%	1.10×	54%
61	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	81	Standout	122	7.8%	1.12×	65%
62	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	81	Standout	178	8.5%	1.13×	65%
63	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	81	Standout	169	6.9%	1.15×	87%
64	Yeshiva University New York, NY	81	Standout	43	7.6%	–	56%
65	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	81	Standout	309	4.6%	0.98×	85%
66	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	80	Standout	281	3.9%	1.02×	73%
67	Creighton University Omaha, NE	80	Standout	137	10%	1.05×	92%
68	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	80	Standout	90	1.5%	1.04×	87%
69	Seattle University Seattle, WA	80	Standout	69	5.3%	1.17×	77%
70	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	80	Standout	38	2.3%	1.05×	74%
71	CUNY Baruch College New York, NY	80	Standout	938	25%	1.00×	50%
72	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	80	Standout	119	7.3%	1.14×	89%
73	Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO	79	Strong	81	4.5%	1.10×	75%
74	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	79	Strong	14	1.6%	–	63%
75	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	79	Strong	48	2.9%	1.01×	35%
76	New York University New York, NY	79	Strong	1	0%	–	9%
77	Wake Forest University Winston Salem, NC	79	Strong	152	9.9%	1.72×	22%
78	University of Denver Denver, CO	78	Strong	120	7.6%	1.17×	85%
79	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	78	Strong	65	4.5%	1.05×	68%
80	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	78	Strong	162	10%	1.40×	48%
81	DePaul University Chicago, IL	78	Strong	244	7.8%	1.10×	76%
82	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	78	Strong	208	4.6%	1.02×	93%
83	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	78	Strong	148	4.6%	1.05×	75%
84	Bryant University Smithfield, RI	78	Strong	180	21.6%	1.07×	69%
85	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	77	Strong	312	5.6%	0.99×	93%
86	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	77	Strong	59	6.3%	1.19×	80%
87	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	77	Strong	36	4.5%	1.15×	62%
88	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	77	Strong	252	4.4%	1.00×	86%
89	Pace University New York, NY	77	Strong	106	5.8%	1.09×	83%
90	Suffolk University Boston, MA	77	Strong	99	9.2%	1.06×	87%
91	Washington State University Pullman, WA	76	Strong	222	3.7%	1.01×	86%
92	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	76	Strong	108	3%	1.03×	72%
93	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	76	Strong	86	2.5%	1.11×	69%
94	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	76	Strong	353	6.8%	1.03×	74%
95	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	76	Strong	28	0.5%	–	78%
96	University of Houston Houston, TX	76	Strong	396	4.9%	0.92×	74%
97	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	75	Strong	201	5.7%	–	78%
98	Merrimack College North Andover, MA	75	Strong	69	6.3%	–	75%
99	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	75	Strong	382	6.5%	0.88×	80%
100	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	75	Strong	418	4.1%	0.87×	43%

439 more schools are on the full finance ranking.

How this ranking works

Updated October 18, 2026. Sources: early-career pay for graduates of each program, by field of study (College Scorecard), graduates per year in the major (IPEDS), undergraduate courses listed in each department's current catalog, and the student body's test scores. Inputs that are missing for a school are dropped and the rest reweighted; programs with fewer than five graduates a year are capped at 30. Scores are relative to the other schools covered, from 0 to 100.

To cite: prefrosh.ai, "Best colleges for finance," updated October 18, 2026, https://prefrosh.ai/majors/finance. For a specific student's chances at these schools, use Chance me, which reads odds from the student's own high school's admissions chart.

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