2025 Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
273Financial Planning Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in financial planning & services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #430 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 273 degrees in financial planning & services annually.
Choosing a Great Financial Planning & Services School
Your choice of financial planning & services school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Financial Planning & Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Financial Planning & Services Rankings by Degree Level
The financial planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Financial Planning & Services in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the financial planning degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Financial Planning
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in financial planning & services. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 84 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in financial planning & services. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were about 43 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
Whether you're looking to enter the field or change careers, SNHU's online financial planning degree can prepare you to pursue a wide range of jobs in finance, insurance, business and banking. The program is ideal for individuals with a solid mix of interpersonal and analytical skills.
Any student pursuing a degree in financial planning & services needs to check out John Carroll University. Located in the suburb of University Heights, John Carroll is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 20th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 14 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at John Carroll in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Western Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in financial planning & services. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
Central Michigan is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Central Michigan is a great university overall.
There were about 11 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.
Calvin is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Grand Rapids. This university ranks 20th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 10 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Calvin in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the city of Akron. This university ranks 23rd out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 27 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
Franklin University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Columbus.
There were approximately 15 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Franklin University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of financial planning & services school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Financial Planning & Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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