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

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

Finance & Financial Management is the #45 most popular major in the country with 5,784 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for finance majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Finance & Financial Management

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the best school in the Great Lakes Region for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance and financial management schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Whitewater is a fairly large public school located in the town of Whitewater.

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#5

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

Davenport University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.

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Eastern Michigan University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

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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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 102
Illinois 244
Ohio 307
Indiana 78
Wisconsin 47

Finance & Financial Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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