2024 Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
63Financial Planning Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in financial planning & services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #430 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of financial planning & services. Combined, these schools handed out 63 degrees in financial planning & services to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Financial Planning & Services School
The financial planning program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Financial Planning & Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Financial Planning & Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Financial Planning & Services Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Whether you're looking to enter the field or change careers, SNHU's online financial planning degree can prepare you to pursue a wide range of jobs in finance, insurance, business and banking. The program is ideal for individuals with a solid mix of interpersonal and analytical skills.
Best Schools for Financial Planning & Services in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the financial planning degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Financial Planning
It is difficult to beat University of San Francisco if you want to pursue a degree in financial planning & services. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #164 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USFCA is a great university overall.More information about a degree in financial planning & services from University of San Francisco
Every student pursuing a degree in financial planning & services has to look into California Lutheran University. CLU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks. This university ranks 71st out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 6 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at CLU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in financial planning & services needs to look into Golden Gate University - San Francisco. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Francisco. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a great university overall.
There were about 34 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Golden Gate University - San Francisco in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat George Fox University if you wish to pursue a degree in financial planning & services. GFU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Newberg. This university ranks 9th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 6 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at GFU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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