Italian Online Master in Economics & Finance for 4.5k from a Top-School

[David1477]

Interesting. But it seems to be ranked in the 400-500 range world wide. Wouldn't it be better to get a degree from UIUC for 10k or so from a top 50 institution? Though I'm not sure if their management degree is still at that price point. But you can supplement it with courses in economics? There's also the Georgia Southern Masters in Applied Economics which qualifies you for Financial Aid, and there was the Mises U Economics degree, but it seems to have been removed.

Is there a comparable degree from UIUC? Their MS in Management is around the price you quoted but it doesn't have much in common with the degree from Naples in terms of coursework. The MEF also has a research component that the iMSM doesn't, as far as I know.

The cheapest American MS in Finance that I know of is from UT Permian Basin and even that's between 2-3 times more expensive than the MEF (and probably takes longer to complete). Of course, that's full of finance courses whereas the MEF is more economics than finance, but still, it's more comparable than UIUC's offerings from what I can see.

I have researched this topic for a while.

The cheapest online MS Finance in the US is from University of the Cumberlands. It's 11,005$. UT Permian Basin costs 11.730$. These were the only 2 options in that price range that I found. The UK has some programs for 10k$+ as well. Within the EU there is nothing besides some sketchy offers without proper accreditation and some business schools that charge 30k$+. The only other option in finance is WQUs NA financial engineering program which is very IT and math heavy but free. Economics doesn't have many affordable online master programs either, probably even fewer than finance.