2024 Best Financial Planning & Services Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a master's degree in financial planning & services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #417 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Financial Planning & Services Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 master's degrees in financial planning & services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on financial planning & services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of financial planning & services students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized financial planning & services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for financial planning & services students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Financial Planning & Services Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Financial Planning & Services in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for financial planning & services students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Financial Planning

1

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

California Lutheran University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in financial planning & services. CLU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Thousand Oaks.More information about a master’s in financial planning & services from California Lutheran University

2

Golden Gate University - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Golden Gate University - San Francisco is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in financial planning & services. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Francisco.More information about a master’s in financial planning & services from Golden Gate University - San Francisco

Best Financial Planning & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best financial planning & services colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	675	26

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Financial Planning & Services Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Finance & Financial Management area of study, Financial Planning & Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Financial Planning

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Finance	171
Other Finance and Financial Management Services	31

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale. More about our data sources and methodologies.