2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,544 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 471st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 35 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial planning and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The financial planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree financial planning students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$9,606 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of North Florida is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree financial planning students list, UNF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,606 for southeast region bachelor’s degree financial planning students per year to attend University of North Florida.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNF Financial Planning & Services Report

#2

Freed-Hardeman University

Henderson, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$16,703 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Freed-Hardeman University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Freed-Hardeman University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henderson, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree financial planning students list, FHU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,703 for southeast region bachelor’s degree financial planning students per year to attend FHU.

Full FHU Financial Planning & Services Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services

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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