classroom
Tuition: For Illinois residents $5,818
per semester, $12,889 per semester for
nonresidents
FPA student chapter: Yes
Profile: The University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign’s financial plan-
ning program, which launched in 2009,
is expanding through extensive new
faculty hires. Following the introduc-
tion of an FPA student chapter this
summer, students also can interact
with more working planners by attend-
ing networking events and on-campus
talks by corporations and professionals
in the field. “A lot of new students enter
the university wanting to do business,
but don’t want to end up spending their
professional careers in a cubicle,” says
Theresa Miller, an academic advisor for
the program. “We are able to attract a
good number of these students because
we offer the business aspect, along with
the interaction with people.”
William Paterson University in a
retirement knowledge quiz bowl at
a national conference. “They blew
everyone away,” Grable says. “What’s
really impressive is their interper-
sonal skills and that ability to go out
and meet with people.” The school
says that 10 undergraduates and 8
graduate students sat for CFP exams
in 2011; their pass rates were 80% and
90%, respectively.
Jared Reynolds, a wealth manager in Columbia, Mo., got his degree a decade ago at University of Missouri.
University of illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Ill.
CFP Board-registered programs
(online and in person): 1 undergraduate
Enrollment: 76
Faculty: 30 full-time (in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer
Economics)
Student-to-faculty ratio: 18: 1 in the
loUisiana state University
Baton Rouge, La.
CFP Board-registered programs
(online and in person): B.S. in finance
with financial planning specialization is up and running; the school has
also registered an M.S. in finance with
financial planning specialization and is
applying for CFP Board registration of
an MBA program.
Enrollment: 25
Faculty (full-time and adjunct): 30
Student-to-faculty ratio: 12: 1
Tuition: For Louisiana residents $3,498
per semester, $11,136 per semester for
nonresidents.
FPA student chapter: No
Profile: Although it has offered courses
in financial literacy for decades, LSU
registered its undergraduate and master’s degrees in finance with a specialization in planning just last year with
the CFP Board. It next plans to register
an MBA with a financial planning specialization. The undergraduate pro-
