by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Financial Planning & Services is the 430th most popular major in the country with 1,136 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 273 financial planning & services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 222 financial planning & services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in financial planning & services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their financial planning & services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree financial planning students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region. Olivet is a small school located in Olivet, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Franklin University Financial Planning & Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Carroll University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region. University Heights, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 14 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Financial Planning & Services at John Carroll
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 26 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at University of Akron Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Financial Planning & Services Report
Calvin University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Calvin is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 10 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Financial Planning & Services Report
Central Michigan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Central Michigan University Financial Planning & Services Report
With a ranking of #9, Western Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Western Michigan University is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Western Michigan University
With a ranking of #10, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Marion, Indiana. It awarded 4 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Grace College and Theological Seminary came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Grace College is located in Winona Lake, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Grace College
Roosevelt University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Roosevelt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Financial Planning & Services at Roosevelt University
With a ranking of #11, Bethel University - Mishawaka did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Financial Planning Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Mishawaka, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s financial planning degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Financial Planning & Services at Bethel University
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