2025 Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in Michigan
4Colleges in Michigan
56Financial Planning Degrees Awarded
A degree in financial planning & services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #430 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Financial Planning & Services Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 56 degrees in financial planning & services to qualified students.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for financial planning & services schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Michigan.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Financial Planning & Services in Michigan
The schools below may not offer all types of financial planning degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard 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 fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Central Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in financial planning & services. Central Michigan is a fairly large public university located in the 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 roughly 11 financial planning & services students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan 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.
Every student pursuing a degree in financial planning & services needs to take a look at Calvin University. 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.
Spring Arbor University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in financial planning & services. Located in the rural area of Spring Arbor, Spring Arbor is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 27th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.More information about a degree in financial planning & services from Spring Arbor University
Best Financial Planning & Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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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