2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Financial Planning & Services is the 471st most popular major in the country with 3,544 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Michigan, there were 33 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in financial planning and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great financial planning and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

#1

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$12,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. Baker College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Owosso, Michigan. It awarded 6 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baker College are $12,710, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Cleary University

Howell, Michigan

$16,538 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleary University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Howell, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s financial planning students in 2019-2020.

Cleary College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleary College are $16,538.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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