2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 73 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree financial planning students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

#1 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Lutheran University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Thousand Oaks, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s financial planning students in 2019-2020.

CLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CLU are $20,600.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at California Lutheran University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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