2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Plains States 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Park University to be the best value school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Park University graduate students pay an average of $6,435 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a great value for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. North Dakota State University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Creighton are $19,096 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $19,541 per year.
UNL also took the #3 spot in our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.
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Kansas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.
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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate students pay an average of $31,008 in tuition and fees each year.
Missouri University of Science and Technology excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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With a ranking of #9, Dakota Wesleyan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Dakota Wesleyan University graduate students pay an average of $15,300 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Iowa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.
Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa also did well on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Explore the best finance and financial management colleges 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 |
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Majors Related to Finance
One of 21 majors within the area of study, finance and financial management has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.
- 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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