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2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

15 Colleges
$71,194 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree 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.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the best school in the Plains States Region for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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#2

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 15 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 fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Bellevue University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bellevue.

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#8

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

Webster University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

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#10

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, IA

Mount Mercy University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Mount Mercy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids.

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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 15 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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