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2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

55 Colleges
$21,525 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 55 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for finance students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the finance graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Columbia Southern University is a large private for-profit school located in the town of Orange Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 a year.

Columbia Southern University also claimed a spot on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, MO

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Park University are $6,435 a year.

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Out of the 55 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the # 3 spot on the list. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fargo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 per year.

University of Saint Francis excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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#6

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Creighton are $19,096 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Creighton also is in the top 15% of our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Creighton University Report

#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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#8

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for finance and financial management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.

UNL also claimed a spot on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#10

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Belhaven University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Belhaven graduate students pay an average of $10,980 in tuition and fees each year.

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Finance & Financial Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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