Meet your CFP® education requirement with our top-ranked program to become a Certified Financial Planner™ Professional.
Satisfy the educational requirements to sit for the CFP® exam with Bryant’s CFP® Board-registered Financial Planning program. Our mission is to deliver a top online curriculum that leads to robust knowledge and a high pass rate on the CFP® certification exam. Through this partnership program with the Boston Institute of Finance, you’ll gain the expertise required to deliver full-service financial guidance.
Our program is competitively priced, keeping time and flexibility as pillars of importance. We maximize learning efficiency to minimize time to completion with multi-level support from our expert instructors. For more information about the Financial Planning program, please contact us at (800) 329-4996 or enrollment@bostonifi.com.
Becoming a Certified Financial Planner™ Professional is now easier and faster. With both self-paced and instructor-led options, you can choose the program format that works best for you. You also have the option to fast-track your certification through the Virtual Classroom, a highly effective and optional add-on to the self-paced curriculum. By studying with the Virtual Classroom, you’ll be on track to complete the education requirement in just eight months.
The Virtual Classroom schedule is synced with each CFP® Board exam date, reducing the amount of time between studying and sitting for the exam. Minimizing this time gap ensures that the content remains fresh and boosts testing outcomes. Upon program completion, you’ll have time to take a review course to further improve your exam preparation.
Learn more about our program offerings, session schedules, and tuition information at bostonifi.com/bryant.
Bryant University partners with the Boston Institute of Finance to offer this program.
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Our CFP® Board-registered program satisfies the educational requirements to earn the CFP® designation upon passing the exam.
Our CFP® Board-registered program satisfies the educational requirements to earn the CFP® designation upon passing the exam. Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, Certified Financial Planner™, CFP® (with plaque design) and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements. For more information, please visit the CFP website.
3.8 CEUs
This course familiarizes students with the tools that will be used to complete future coursework. With this in mind the introductory course focuses on the time value of money, accounting, statistics, and economics, while also providing a broad overview of the entire financial planning process.
Topics from the Program’s subsequent courses are introduced here and their place in the larger financial planning process is explained. Students entering the Online Program for Financial Planning are encouraged to start with this course.
3.8 CEUs
This course familiarizes students with the tools that will be used to complete future coursework. With this in mind the introductory course focuses on the time value of money, accounting, statistics, and economics, while also providing a broad overview of the entire financial planning process.
Topics from the Program’s subsequent courses are introduced here and their place in the larger financial planning process is explained. Students entering the Online Program for Financial Planning are encouraged to start with this course.
3.8 CEUs
This course addresses life, disability, and medical insurance, including how insurance rates are developed, what types of contracts are available, how to read insurance proposals, and how life insurance is used in financial planning. Students learn about property and casualty insurance, including homeowners’, liability, and auto insurance. Other topics include group life and health insurance plans.
3.8 CEUs
This course addresses life, disability, and medical insurance, including how insurance rates are developed, what types of contracts are available, how to read insurance proposals, and how life insurance is used in financial planning. Students learn about property and casualty insurance, including homeowners’, liability, and auto insurance. Other topics include group life and health insurance plans.
3.8 CEUs
This course explores the securities market, sources of information, risk/return, debt and equities, stocks, bonds, options, futures, and security analysis, and culminates with learning portfolio construction and analysis. The course is designed to help students understand how money and capital markets operate, how to conduct investment and financial research, and how to evaluate the risks and rates of return for various types of investment vehicles.
3.8 CEUs
This course explores the securities market, sources of information, risk/return, debt and equities, stocks, bonds, options, futures, and security analysis, and culminates with learning portfolio construction and analysis. The course is designed to help students understand how money and capital markets operate, how to conduct investment and financial research, and how to evaluate the risks and rates of return for various types of investment vehicles.
3.8 CEUs
This course explores how state and Federal taxation impact different types of businesses, including sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. It provides students with an in-depth look at various tax-related aspects of investments, insurance, annuities, and securities. The course introduces students to other special tax considerations, including charitable giving, sale of assets, and more.
3.8 CEUs
This course explores how state and Federal taxation impact different types of businesses, including sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. It provides students with an in-depth look at various tax-related aspects of investments, insurance, annuities, and securities. The course introduces students to other special tax considerations, including charitable giving, sale of assets, and more.
3.8 CEUs
This course is taught in two sections. The retirement planning section covers tax-deferred retirement plans, IRAs, and nonqualified plans. The employee benefits section covers Social Security and Medicare, civil service, group life, disability, dental, and health insurance. Students also learn to plan, implement, and monitor individual and business-sponsored retirement plans. The course teaches how to perform retirement needs analysis, which regulatory issues surround retirement planning and benefits, and how tax issues impact these decisions.
3.8 CEUs
This course is taught in two sections. The retirement planning section covers tax-deferred retirement plans, IRAs, and nonqualified plans. The employee benefits section covers Social Security and Medicare, civil service, group life, disability, dental, and health insurance. Students also learn to plan, implement, and monitor individual and business-sponsored retirement plans. The course teaches how to perform retirement needs analysis, which regulatory issues surround retirement planning and benefits, and how tax issues impact these decisions.
3.8 CEUs
This course addresses gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, at the state and Federal levels. It covers planning techniques used to reduce tax impacts on transfers of wealth. It explores the effects of gifts and bequests, including the limitations on income shifting imposed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Non-tax aspects of estate planning, including the estate planning process, wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, powers of appointment, and probate procedure are also studied.
3.8 CEUs
This course addresses gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, at the state and Federal levels. It covers planning techniques used to reduce tax impacts on transfers of wealth. It explores the effects of gifts and bequests, including the limitations on income shifting imposed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Non-tax aspects of estate planning, including the estate planning process, wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, powers of appointment, and probate procedure are also studied.
4.5 CEUs
Prerequisites: Students must complete courses FP401A–FP406A in order to begin FP407A unless the participant can prove Challenge Status as defined by CFP Board. Bachelor’s Degree is highly recommended, and all students are encouraged to understand the CFP® Certification Requirements.
This competency-based course utilizes the knowledge obtained in the previous six financial planning courses to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of financial planning theory through effective application in the creation and presentation of a financial plan for a client. Effective oral and written communication must be employed in conjunction with proper analytical techniques with the ultimate goal of crafting a plan that satisfies the client’s goals and objectives within the framework of the economic, political, and regulatory environments. Utilization of the CFP Board Financial Planning Practice Standards is strongly emphasized.
Individuals that complete this course have proven their ability to apply the financial planning process to real life situations, as well as their ability to communicate their recommendations to a client in an efficient and professional manner.
4.5 CEUs
Prerequisites: Students must complete courses FP401A–FP406A in order to begin FP407A unless the participant can prove Challenge Status as defined by CFP Board. Bachelor’s Degree is highly recommended, and all students are encouraged to understand the CFP® Certification Requirements.
This competency-based course utilizes the knowledge obtained in the previous six financial planning courses to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of financial planning theory through effective application in the creation and presentation of a financial plan for a client. Effective oral and written communication must be employed in conjunction with proper analytical techniques with the ultimate goal of crafting a plan that satisfies the client’s goals and objectives within the framework of the economic, political, and regulatory environments. Utilization of the CFP Board Financial Planning Practice Standards is strongly emphasized.
Individuals that complete this course have proven their ability to apply the financial planning process to real life situations, as well as their ability to communicate their recommendations to a client in an efficient and professional manner.
Brendan Flaherty is SVP and Rhode Island complex manager at Janney Montgomery Scott, focusing on investment management and financial planning. He directs Bryant’s CFP® program and holds CFP® and CIMA® credentials. He serves on the CFP® Board’s National Council on Education and is past president of the Financial Planning Association of Rhode Island.
Adam Scherer holds a Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning from the College for Financial Planning®. He has worked in financial services and education for over 10 years and is a Bryant CFP® instructor and Practicing Financial Planner. His credentials include CFP®, MS, and EA.
Mike Long is in his 40th year in financial services and education. He has held various field positions in sales, sales management, and field training and education over the years. He is a Bryant CFP® instructor and mentor, and his credentials include CFP®, ChFC®, and CLU®.