2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in Michigan (With Aid)

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 for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in financial planning and services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent financial planning and services programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree financial planning students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in Michigan (With Aid)

#1

Cleary University

Howell, Michigan

$16,538 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleary University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cleary College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Howell, Michigan. It awarded 1 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Cleary College also took the #0 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleary College are $16,538.

Full Cleary University Financial Planning & Services Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Financial Planning Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. Owosso, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s financial planning degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Baker College also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baker College are $12,710.

Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Baker College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Financial Planning & Services (With Aid)

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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