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Basic Certificate in Financial Planning & Services

Basic Certificates in Financial Planning & Services

3,733 Yearly Graduations
30% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with male students, and about 10% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.1% of financial planning graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Financial Planning Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 3,733 people earned their basic certificate in financial planning. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in financial planning at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 3,733
Bachelor’s Degree 687
Graduate Certificate 427
Master’s Degree 183
Doctor’s Degree 12
Associate Degree 11
Undergraduate Certificate 1

Earnings of Financial Planning Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for financial planning majors who have their basic certificate is not available.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in financial planning. About 70.1% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 2,617
Women 1,116
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The racial-ethnic distribution of financial planning basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 119
Black or African American 140
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 1,878
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,559
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to financial planning that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Banking & Financial Support Services 430
Finance 272
Investments & Securities 93
Other Financial Management 12
Credit Management 2

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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