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2023 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Finance & Financial Management program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the most popular school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 31% of the finance majors at the school.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Washington State University

Out of the 13 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 2 spot on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 43% of the students majoring in finance at the school are women while 57% are male.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 29% of the finance majors at the school.

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#4

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular finance and financial management schools in the Far Western US Region . SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Diego.

Of the 13 students majoring in finance at SDSU, 77% are male and 23% are female.

Full Finance & Financial Management at San Diego State University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Southern Oregon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular finance and financial management schools in the Far Western US Region . Southern Oregon University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Ashland.

Of the 13 students majoring in finance at Southern Oregon University, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Southern Oregon University

#6

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

Women make up 33% of the finance majors at the school.

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#7

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #7, San Francisco State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for finance and financial management students working on their graduate certificate. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

About 50% of the students majoring in finance at the school are women while 50% are male.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at San Francisco State University

#8

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, AK

Alaska Pacific University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Alaska Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Anchorage.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Alaska Pacific University

#8

United States University

San Diego, CA

United States University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate finance and financial management programs. Located in the large city of San Diego, USU is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#8

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for finance and financial management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Oregon State University

Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance and financial management schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 249
Washington 73
Oregon 26
Nevada 8
Alaska 1

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 13 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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