2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in California” 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 California, there were 72 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in California” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in California

#1

Golden Gate University - San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$19,705 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in California. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s financial planning degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,705.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

#1 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Lutheran University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in California. Thousand Oaks, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s financial planning degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

CLU also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at CLU are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at CLU

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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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