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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$24,017 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 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 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 in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for finance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Plains States Region

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

Park University

Parkville, MO

Our analysis found Park University to be the best value school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Park University graduate students pay an average of $6,435 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . 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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Creighton University is a great value 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 college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Creighton are $19,096 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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

UNL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.

Mizzou excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology also did well on our Best Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #9, Dakota Wesleyan 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 town of Mitchell, Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Dakota Wesleyan University are $15,300 a year.

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#10

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa 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 #10 on the list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.

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

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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.

  • 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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