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2021 Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

27 Colleges
4,203 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,032 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

This year's Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 27 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in finance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great finance & financial management programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the finance & financial management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Creighton University has taken the #1 spot in this year's finance & financial management ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Creighton has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Plains States Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. 1,694 of Creighton students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 1,359 part time students in attendance at Creighton.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis. UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #3.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. 13,655 students are part time.

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Kansas State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population. K -State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Plains States Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 6,181 students at K -State that take at least one class online. 3,739 students are part time.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Kansas State University Report

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Our rankings recognize University of St Thomas Minnesota as the #4 school in this year's rankings. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UST MN has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Plains States Region ranking.

About 0.9% of UST MN students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,011 students at UST MN that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,432 part time students in attendance at UST MN.

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Mount Mercy University
Cedar Rapids, IA

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Mount Mercy University. Mount Mercy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cedar Rapids.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. 306 of Mount Mercy students are exclusively distance learners. About 451 of the students at Mount Mercy are attending part time.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Mount Mercy University Report

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Our rankings recognize University of Iowa as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City. Iowa also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Plains States Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 12,975 students take at least one class online at Iowa. 5,055 students are part time.

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Iowa State University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best finance & financial management schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Iowa State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Finance & Financial Management in the Plains States Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. About 3,155 of the students at Iowa State are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Minnesota - Duluth as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 0.4% of UMN Duluth students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,332 students take at least one class online at UMN Duluth. 1,623 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Saint Cloud State University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at St. Cloud State University is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,952 students at St. Cloud State University that take at least one class online. About 5,106 of the students at St. Cloud State University are attending part time.

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Grand View University
Des Moines, IA

The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Grand View University. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Grand View University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 2.3% of Grand View University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 478 students at Grand View University that take at least one class online. 259 students are part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students finance & financial management colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 711
Minnesota 1,029
Iowa 960
Kansas 784
Nebraska 477
North Dakota 155
South Dakota 57

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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