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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$28,856 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Finance & Financial Management

Our analysis found University of St Francis to be the best value school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

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

On top of its placing in our value ranking, University of Saint Francis also did well on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Whitewater is a large public school located in the distant town of Whitewater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Whitewater are $19,190 a year.

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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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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#4

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Davenport University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value 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.

Davenport University graduate students pay an average of $17,208 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great value for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

UChicago not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#6

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 per year.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Finance & Financial Management at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

Eastern Michigan 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. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 per year.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Eastern Michigan University Report

Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management schools 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.

  • 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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