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2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

11 Colleges
$101,072 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Finance & Financial Management is the #14 most popular major in the country with 57,778 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Our 2023 rankings named Creighton University the best school in the Plains States Region for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great place for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.

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Iowa State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. North Dakota State University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

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#10

Park University

Parkville, MO

Park University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 911
Minnesota 1,073
Kansas 858
Iowa 1,046
Nebraska 537
North Dakota 158
South Dakota 100

One of 21 majors within the area of study, finance and financial management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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