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

5 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$18,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 104 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Duluth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $17,067 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students per year to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at University of Minnesota - Duluth

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2019-2020.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree financial planning students per year to attend K -State.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Kansas State University

#3

University of Jamestown

Jamestown, North Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Jamestown. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Jamestown, North Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2019-2020.

UJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UJ is $19,413 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Financial Planning students.

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#4

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #4 spot on the list. Maryville University of Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.

Maryville U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $29,064 for plains states region bachelor’s degree financial planning students per year to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Maryville University of Saint Louis

#5

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grantham University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Grantham University is a private for-profit institution located in Lenexa, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Grantham University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $8,409 for plains states region bachelor’s degree financial planning students per year to attend Grantham University.

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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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