Financial Planning & Services at Kansas State University

If you plan to study financial planning and services, take a look at what Kansas State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and has a total student population of 22,221. In 2019, 16 financial planning majors received their bachelor's degree from K -State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Financial Planning & Services section at the bottom of this page.

K -State Financial Planning & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Planning
• Master’s Degree in Financial Planning
• Doctorate Degree in Financial Planning

Online Classes Are Available at K -State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? K -State offers distance education options for financial planning at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

K -State Financial Planning & Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks financial planning programs across the country. The following shows how K -State performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The financial planning major at K -State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Financial Planning & Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Online Financial Planning & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Schools	4
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools	6
Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Schools	18
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21

In 2019, 24 students received their master’s degree in financial planning from K -State. This makes it the #4 most popular school for financial planning master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in financial planning, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Financial Planning Student Demographics at K -State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the financial planning majors at Kansas State University.

K -State Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 16 financial planning majors earned their bachelor's degree from K -State. Of these graduates, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical financial planning bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at K -State since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in financial planning at K -State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor's in financial planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

K -State Financial Planning & Services Master’s Program

The financial planning program at K -State awarded 24 master's degrees in 2018-2019. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

Of the students who received a financial planning master's degree from K -State, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the financial planning master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 12% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kansas State University with a master's in financial planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

K -State also has a doctoral program available in financial planning. In 2019, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Finance and Financial Management Services
• Finance

Careers That Financial Planning Grads May Go Into

A degree in financial planning can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for Kansas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	2,380	$107,500
Personal Financial Advisors	1,620	$93,720
Business Professors	570	$90,730
Credit Counselors	90	$47,910

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kzollman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.