2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,544 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 471st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 104 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kansas State University are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• 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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