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2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
191 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Financial Planning & Services is the 471st most popular major in the country with 3,544 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 222 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 191 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial planning and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great financial planning and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $18,565 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Purdue.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Franklin University

Columbus, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Franklin University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 13 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Franklin University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Franklin University is $15,537 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 97 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - Madison is $21,860 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Financial Planning & Services Report

#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Central Michigan University is $17,894 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Central Michigan University

#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Western Michigan University is $23,352 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full WMU Financial Planning & Services Report

#6 in overall quality

University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 19 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $20,582 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.

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#7

Bethel University - Mishawaka

Mishawaka, Indiana
#7 in overall quality

Bethel University - Mishawaka did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. Mishawaka, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Bethel University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bethel University is $21,394 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#8

Olivet College

Olivet, Michigan
#8 in overall quality

Olivet College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Olivet is a small school located in Olivet, Michigan that handed out 5 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Olivet, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Olivet College is $21,711 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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