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2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$28,856 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$101,072 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, finance and financial management was ranked #14 in the country. In fact 57,778 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for finance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the finance graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Finance & Financial Management

Our analysis found University of St Francis to be the best value school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, University of Saint Francis also is in the top 10% of our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Finance & Financial Management at University of St Francis Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public school with a large student population.

UW - Whitewater graduate students pay an average of $19,190 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value finance and financial management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.

IU Bloomington excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#4

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davenport University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Davenport University are $17,208 a year.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 a year.

UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#6

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

Oakland graduate students pay an average of $24,648 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Oakland University Report

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.

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Eastern Michigan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Eastern Michigan graduate students pay an average of $28,818 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Eastern Michigan University Report

Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,699
Ohio 3,170
Illinois 1,970
Indiana 1,178
Wisconsin 1,564

Finance & Financial Management is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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