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Best Financial Planning Schools Near Pleasant Prairie, WI
Updated September 7, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin has 2 accredited schools offering financial planning programs. Pleasant Prairie has a population of about 21,515. Median household income is $103,903 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 39.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Kenosha, WI metro area, the top-earning financial planning-related role is Financial Managers at a median $142,000 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Financial Planning Schools to Pleasant Prairie
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer financial planning programs near Pleasant Prairie, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Pleasant Prairie city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
Graduation rate 30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
Average net price (lower is better) 20%
Retention rate 15%
Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Pleasant Prairie.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
BOC
Ranked by BOC Score — U.S. Dept. of Education outcome data. Advertising never affects rankings.
Pleasant Prairie is part of the Kenosha, WI metro area (BLS area code 28450). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Wisconsin statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
Personal Financial Advisors
$102,320
Kenosha, WI
$101,207
Financial Managers
$142,000
Kenosha, WI
$140,455
Financial and Investment Analysts
$84,390
Kenosha, WI
$83,472
Accountants and Auditors
$78,840
Kenosha, WI
$77,982
Financial Examiners
$86,320
WI statewide
$85,381
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
$60,180
Kenosha, WI
$59,525
Loan Officers
$77,860
Kenosha, WI
$77,013
Credit Counselors
$52,140
WI statewide
$51,573
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
Pleasant Prairie at a Glance
Metric
Value
Source
Population
21,515
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003)
Median household income
$103,903
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013)
Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+
39.8%
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003)
Regional Price Parity (US=100)
101.1 (above U.S. average)
BEA RPP 2024
Other Pleasant Prairie-Area Cities With Financial Planning Programs
How many accredited financial planning schools are near Pleasant Prairie, WI?
Our directory has 2 accredited schools offering financial planning programs near Pleasant Prairie. The closest is Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL (57.5 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is University of Wisconsin-Madison (85.6 miles). 2 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
What are the highest-paying financial planning roles near Pleasant Prairie?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying financial planning-related roles near Pleasant Prairie are: Financial Managers ($142,000), Personal Financial Advisors ($102,320), Financial Examiners ($86,320). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Wisconsin statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Kenosha instead of Pleasant Prairie?
Kenosha, WI is 4.2 miles from Pleasant Prairie and has its own set of local financial planning programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Is Pleasant Prairie an affordable place to study financial planning?
Pleasant Prairie’s median household income of $103,903 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Pleasant Prairie while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Wisconsin public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Data verified: September 7, 2026.
Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
