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2023 Most Popular Online Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

9 Colleges
$101,072 Avg Salary

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for finance majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the most popular school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 31 students majoring in finance at K -State, 68% are male and 32% are female.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

About 13% of the students majoring in finance at the school are women while 87% are male.

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#3

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online 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 school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 55% of the students majoring in finance at the school are women while 45% are male.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in finance at Missouri University of Science and Technology, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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#5

Park University

Parkville, MO

Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in finance at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for finance and financial management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#9

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Upper Iowa University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Fayette.

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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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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 9 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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