2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree financial planning students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Texas Tech

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at K -State

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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