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

17 Colleges
$101,072 Avg Salary

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Finance & Financial Management program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Kansas State University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small 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

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great place 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.

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

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Creighton University is a great place for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college 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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Out of the 17 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-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 17 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 suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Out of the 17 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 25% of the finance majors at the school.

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular 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 distant town of Winona.

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Iowa State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

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

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 17 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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