Overview

Faculty are experienced practitioners in their fields who will also teach you relationship-building skills that will give your clients a better outcome.

GGU also offers a 100% online option to accommodate students with busy lives.

Key Features

This Financial Planning degree at Golden Gate University is designed for students who aspire to become financial planners, investment advisers, or money managers, or who may be interested in one of the many elements of this broad and rapidly-growing field.

By pursuing a financial planning education at Golden Gate University, students will move into the 21st century equipped with the latest skills, with appropriate professional credentials, and with advanced academic degrees. This course of study also satisfies the educational requirements necessary for the premier Certified Financial Planner™ designation.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Personal Financial Planning

Personal Investment Management

Retirement & Employee Benefits Planning

Income Tax Planning

Estate Planning

Risk Management & Insurance Planning

Cases in Financial Planning

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-11 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-09-08 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00

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More details

While GGU accepts applications on a “rolling” basis, we strongly encourage applicants to apply early.

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Blended, Online

Campus Location

San Francisco, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a recognized foreign institution (outside the United State), and provide official transcripts.
Master’s degree holders only need to submit transcripts from previous graduate programs. However, applicants are encouraged to submit all transcripts to maximize transfer credit.
All applicants will need to submit a Statement of Purpose (SOP) and a resume.

For applicants with a GPA under 3.0, the Statement of Purpose should address the circumstances that led to the applicant’s academic performance, what has changed, and why they think they’ll be more successful now.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

32700 USD / year

≈ 32700 USD / year
Out-of-State

32700 USD / year

≈ 32700 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

32700 USD / year

≈ 32700 USD / year

Living costs

San Francisco

United States

2206 - 4119 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

San Francisco

Funding

Scholarships Information

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