2024 Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
74Financial Planning Degrees Awarded
Financial Planning & Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #430 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of financial planning & services. Combined, these schools handed out 74 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. For our Best Overall Financial Planning & Services School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the financial planning degree levels they offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Financial Planning
Southern Methodist University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in financial planning & services. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.
Texas Tech University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in financial planning & services. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 53 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Arizona if you wish to pursue a degree in financial planning & services. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Tucson. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 10 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
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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