2024 Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
240Financial Planning Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in financial planning & services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #430 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 240 degrees in financial planning & services during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Financial Planning & Services School
The financial planning program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Financial Planning & Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Financial Planning & Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Financial Planning & Services Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Whether you're looking to enter the field or change careers, SNHU's online financial planning degree can prepare you to pursue a wide range of jobs in finance, insurance, business and banking. The program is ideal for individuals with a solid mix of interpersonal and analytical skills.
Best Schools for Financial Planning & Services in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the financial planning degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Financial Planning
Every student who is interested in financial planning & services needs to look into University of Northern Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cedar Falls. A Best Colleges rank of #199 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent data year.
University of Missouri - Columbia is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in financial planning & services. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were about 57 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Kansas State University if you wish to pursue a degree in financial planning & services. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #225 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were about 100 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in financial planning & services needs to take a look at University of Minnesota - Duluth. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 24 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at UMN Duluth in the most recent data year.
Maryville U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #202 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Maryville U is a great university overall.
There were about 17 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Maryville U in the most recent data year.
Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Parkville. This university ranks 8th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 1 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Park University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the remote town of Jamestown, UJ is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were about 1 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at UJ in the most recent data year.
Grantham University is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of LIttle Rock. This university ranks 34th out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 5 financial planning & services students who graduated from this degree at Grantham University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The financial planning program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Financial Planning & Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Financial Planning & Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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