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2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Southwest region, there were 55 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in financial planning and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 40 degrees to qualified ’s financial planning students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $21,305 for Southwest Region Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Texas Tech University

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified ’s financial planning students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $20,200 for southwest region financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at University of Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 5 ’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $18,978 for Southwest Region Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at OSU

#4

Langston University

Langston, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Langston University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Langston, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 ’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Langston University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,420 for Southwest Region Financial Planning students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Langston University.

Full Langston University Financial Planning & Services Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 5 ’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Methodist University is $34,587 for southwest region financial planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SMU Financial Planning & Services Report

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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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