Quick answer: No college within 100 miles of Visalia, California awards a finance degree - the nearest campus is about 147 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024). Online programs that enroll California students are the realistic route, and they are what the comparison below covers.
Compare finance programs you can start from Visalia:
| Distance from Visalia | Colleges awarding this degree |
|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | 0 |
| Within 50 miles | 0 |
| Within 100 miles | 0 |
| Within 250 miles | 17 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
No college within 100 miles of Visalia awards this degree - the nearest campus is roughly 147 miles away. From Visalia this is an online degree in practice, which is how most working adults take it anyway, and the comparison widget above covers programs that enroll California students online.
The subject matter does not change by location: corporate finance, investments, financial statement analysis, financial markets, risk management, and financial modeling. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from AACSB International or ACBSP, how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
This page lists 10 schools within 196 miles, closest group first, then ordered by BOC Score with the highest at the top. 10 of them carry a score.
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal about the institution rather than about this subject. Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from this ranking and never change it. Read the full methodology.
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Personal Financial Advisors in California earn a median $130,330 per year against $105,070 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The California median for personal financial advisors is $130,330 per year, above the national median of $105,070, on state employment of 32,200 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Visalia specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the California page.
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