Overview
An online graduate certificate in personal financial planning from MU can help you support individuals and families in achieving and sustaining economic stability. If you want to prepare for the rigorous national CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ examination and become a CFP® professional, this may be the certificate for you.
The program enables students to meet the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. education requirement.
Quick facts
Official name
Graduate certificate in personal financial planningCampus
University of MissouriProgram type
Graduate certificateAcademic home
College of Human Environmental Sciences | Department of Personal Financial PlanningDelivery mode
100% onlineAccreditation
Higher Learning CommissionCredit hours
18Estimated cost
$10,619.82*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.
Career prospects
Potential careers
- Financial analysts
- Loan officers
- Personal financial advisers
- Social and community service managers
Program structure
Delivery of this program is 100 percent online: no campus visits are required.
Courses are semester-based and offered by multiple universities taking part in the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Depending on which university is teaching your course that semester, your courses may have different start and finish dates.
Students typically take two classes each semester and finish in one year.
Course work includes
- Employee benefits
- Estate planning
- Investment planning
- Retirement planning
- Risk management
- Tax planning
Delivery
100% onlineCalendar system
Semester-basedTypical program length
VariesTypical course load
Varies if full time or part timeAccreditation
The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.
Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA)
Great Plains IDEA is a partnership of multiple public universities offering fully online degree programs. Students apply to and are admitted by one university, enroll in all of their courses through that university and graduate from that university. However, the online courses are taught by faculty in the discipline from several universities. All students pay one common price no matter where each of the classes is based. Learn more