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2023 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region

27 Colleges
$49,960 Avg Salary
$25,139 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management 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.

The Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 27 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the most popular school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the # 2 spot on the list. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

The excellent programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance and financial management schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #7 on the list. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

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

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#9

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Upper Iowa University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for finance and financial management students. It came in at #9 on the list. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Fayette.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

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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 27 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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