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

21 Colleges
$49,960 Avg Salary
$25,139 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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

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

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools

Our analysis found Washington University in St Louis to be the best school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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Out of the 21 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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#4

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

The excellent programs at Creighton University 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 large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 21 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the # 5 spot on the 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 came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #7 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best finance and financial management programs. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for finance and financial management students. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

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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 21 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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