2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for finance students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Lindenwood University the best value school in the Plains States Region for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindenwood University are $9,784 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bellevue.
Bellevue University graduate students pay an average of $11,730 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Mercy University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mount Mercy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mount Mercy are $11,176 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Webster University is a great value for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Webster graduate students pay an average of $13,500 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Creighton are $19,096 per year.
Creighton also claimed a spot on our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $19,541 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNL also is in the top 5% of our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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Northern State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. NSU is a small public school located in the town of Aberdeen.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $11,936 per year.
NSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Iowa State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.
Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for finance and financial management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.
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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 15 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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