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

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$101,072 Avg Salary

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.

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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best 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 graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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

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

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Our 2023 rankings named Creighton University the best school in the Plains States Region 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 school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

A rank of #3 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 small city of Iowa City.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

With a ranking of #6, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota ranked #7 on this year’s Best 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 landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. North Dakota State University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

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#10

Park University

Parkville, MO

With a ranking of #10, Park University did quite well on this year’s best schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 200
Minnesota 28
Iowa 75
Kansas 74
Nebraska 60
North Dakota 3
South Dakota 8

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 11 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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