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2023 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$71,194 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree 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.

Check out the finance master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the most popular school in the Plains States Region for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Women make up 53% of the finance majors at the school.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Washington University in St Louis

#2

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 60 students majoring in finance at Webster, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Webster University Report

#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 17 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in finance at K -State, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in finance at Mizzou, 65% are male and 35% are female.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at University of Missouri - Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

Of the 24 students majoring in finance at UMKC, 67% are male and 33% are female.

Full Finance & Financial Management at University of Missouri - Kansas City Report

#5

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular 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 moderately-sized student population.

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Iowa State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 30% of the finance majors at the school.

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

#8

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Upper Iowa University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Fayette.

Women make up 47% of the finance majors at the school.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Upper Iowa University

#10

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Bellevue University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bellevue.

Of the 15 students majoring in finance at Bellevue University, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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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 17 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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