75 Best universities for Finance in Nigeria

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Nigeria ranked based on their research performance in Finance. A graph of 246K citations received by 34.1K academic papers made by 75 universities in Nigeria was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Finance

#14 in Africa

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 41,269
Founded: 1948

2. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Finance

#15 in Africa

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

3. Covenant University

For Finance

#16 in Africa

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

4. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Finance

#17 in Africa

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Enrollment: 32,480
Founded: 1962

5. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Finance

#25 in Africa

#996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 48,680
Founded: 1962

6. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Finance

#29 in Africa

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1991

7. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Finance

#39 in Africa

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 23,100
Founded: 1981

8. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Finance

#41 in Africa

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

9. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Finance

#43 in Africa

#1375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

10. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Finance

#45 in Africa

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

11. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Finance

#48 in Africa

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,645
Founded: 1975

12. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Finance

#51 in Africa

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

13. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Finance

#52 in Africa

#1564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

14. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Finance

#53 in Africa

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

15. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Finance

#57 in Africa

#1635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

16. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Finance

#63 in Africa

#1687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

17. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Finance

#66 in Africa

#1766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

18. University of Uyo

For Finance

#67 in Africa

#1768 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Finance

#71 in Africa

#1817 in the World

Founded: 2002

20. Lagos State University

For Finance

#72 in Africa

#1825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

21. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Finance

#77 in Africa

#1927 in the World

Founded: 1992

22. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Finance

#84 in Africa

#2129 in the World

Founded: 2000

23. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Finance

#88 in Africa

#2209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

24. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Finance

#89 in Africa

#2212 in the World

Founded: 1981

25. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Finance

#92 in Africa

#2243 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

26. Bayero University Kano

For Finance

#94 in Africa

#2254 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

27. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Finance

#97 in Africa

#2303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 2000

28. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Finance

#98 in Africa

#2311 in the World

Enrollment: 35,372
Founded: 1988

29. Nasarawa State University

Nigeria | Keffi

For Finance

#99 in Africa

#2334 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 2002

30. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Finance

#101 in Africa

#2347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

31. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Finance

#102 in Africa

#2384 in the World

Founded: 1975

32. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Finance

#103 in Africa

#2386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

33. Kogi State University

Nigeria | Anyigba

For Finance

#116 in Africa

#2516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1999

34. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Finance

#117 in Africa

#2518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1990

35. University of Jos

For Finance

#118 in Africa

#2550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

36. Osun State University

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Finance

#125 in Africa

#2712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 2007

37. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

For Finance

#126 in Africa

#2720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2011

38. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Finance

#127 in Africa

#2727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

39. Ambrose Alli University

Nigeria | Ekpoma

For Finance

#128 in Africa

#2739 in the World

Founded: 1980

40. Lead City University

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Finance

#129 in Africa

#2749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2005

41. Abia State University

Nigeria | Uturu

For Finance

#130 in Africa

#2752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

42. Federal University of Technology, Minna

Nigeria | Minna

For Finance

#131 in Africa

#2757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,181
Founded: 1982

43. Redeemer's University

For Finance

#132 in Africa

#2759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2005

44. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Finance

#137 in Africa

#2807 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

45. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Nigeria | Bauchi

For Finance

#155 in Africa

#3102 in the World

Founded: 1988

46. Bells University of Technology

For Finance

#159 in Africa

#3168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2005

47. Imo State University

Nigeria | Owerri

For Finance

#163 in Africa

#3256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

48. University of Maiduguri

Nigeria | Maiduguri

For Finance

#164 in Africa

#3265 in the World

Enrollment: 52,000
Founded: 1975

49. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Finance

#166 in Africa

#3317 in the World

Founded: 1988

50. Kwara State University

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Finance

#169 in Africa

#3364 in the World

Founded: 2009

51. Kaduna State University

Nigeria | Kaduna

For Finance

#172 in Africa

#3387 in the World

Founded: 2004

52. Benue State University

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Finance

#174 in Africa

#3410 in the World

Founded: 1992

53. Akwa Ibom State University

Nigeria | Ikot Akpad

For Finance

#179 in Africa

#3474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2009

54. Gombe State University

Nigeria | Gombe

For Finance

#181 in Africa

#3487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2004

55. Federal University, Lafia

Nigeria | Lafia

For Finance

#182 in Africa

#3555 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2011

56. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Nigeria | Makurdi

For Finance

#191 in Africa

#3730 in the World

Founded: 1988

57. Federal University, Otuoke

Nigeria | Otuoke

For Finance

#194 in Africa

#3737 in the World

Founded: 2011

58. Fountain University, Osogbo

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Finance

#199 in Africa

#3834 in the World

Founded: 2007

59. American University of Nigeria

For Finance

#216 in Africa

#4023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2004

60. Tai Solarin University of Education

Nigeria | Ijebu-Ode

For Finance

#218 in Africa

#4052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2005

61. Bingham University

Nigeria | Auta Balifi

For Finance

#220 in Africa

#4101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 2005

62. Adamawa State University

For Finance

#223 in Africa

#4130 in the World

Founded: 2002

63. Bowen University

For Finance

#230 in Africa

#4172 in the World

Enrollment: 4,751
Founded: 2001

64. Benson Idahosa University

Nigeria | Benin

For Finance

#236 in Africa

#4227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Founded: 2002

65. Igbinedion University Okada

Nigeria | Okada

For Finance

#241 in Africa

#4272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1999

66. Caleb University

Nigeria | Imota

For Finance

#242 in Africa

#4281 in the World

Founded: 2007

67. Ajayi Crowther University

For Finance

#243 in Africa

#4297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2005

68. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Nigeria | Ikeji-Arakeji

For Finance

#255 in Africa

#4460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2006

69. Federal University of Petroleum Resources

Nigeria | Effurun

For Finance

#257 in Africa

#4469 in the World

Founded: 2007

70. Federal University, Lokoja

Nigeria | Lokoja

For Finance

#261 in Africa

#4499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2011

71. Crescent University, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Finance

#263 in Africa

#4541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Founded: 2005

72. Federal University, Birnin Kebbi

Nigeria | Birnin Kebbi

For Finance

#273 in Africa

#4673 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 2013

73. Adeleke University

For Finance

#276 in Africa

#4714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 2011

74. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua University

Nigeria | Katsina

For Finance

#281 in Africa

#4824 in the World

Founded: 2006

75. Ondo State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Okitipupa

For Finance

#295 in Africa

#5013 in the World

Founded: 2008

The best cities to study Finance in Nigeria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ibadan, Nsukka, Ota, and Ife.

Economics subfields in Nigeria

Actuarial Science12

Agricultural Economics45

Development Studies77

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics65

Environmental Economics16

International Economics15

International Relations and Diplomacy7

International Trade14

Investment Banking and Stock trading39

Political Economy28