by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,087 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 430th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 280 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 252 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial planning and services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in financial planning and services.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet College landed the #1 spot on the list. Olivet, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Olivet College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Franklin University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Carroll University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in University Heights, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 John Carroll University Financial Planning & Services Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Akron Main Campus Financial Planning & Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 112 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Calvin University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Grand Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 49 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Financial Planning & Services Report
Central Michigan University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Central Michigan University
Western Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 11 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Marion, Indiana, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Grace College and Theological Seminary did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in Winona Lake, Indiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Grace College and Theological Seminary Financial Planning & Services Report
Roosevelt University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Roosevelt University
With a ranking of #11, Bethel University - Mishawaka did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Bethel University - Mishawaka is a small school located in Mishawaka, Indiana that handed out 0 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Bethel University - Mishawaka
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