Specialized Programs
As a seasoned advisor looking to take the next step, spur organic growth, and work with high-net-worth families, you must embrace specialization. Build your expertise with greater depth in a key area of financial planning.
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Deep Knowledge Drives Impact
Differentiate Yourself
You can attract and retain clients by mastering a specialized area of financial planning with an advanced designation to prove it.
Build Skills
Specialized designations go deeper into key areas – and you may complete the programs faster if you already have a foundational designation.
Power Teams
The rise of the teaming model makes the specialist an MVP in any firm, as your chosen expertise will complement what others offer.
A Specialization for Every Need
Beyond foundational knowledge, becoming a specialist means gaining applied knowledge in an area of financial planning that involves greater complexity and rewards your expertise. Start with the program that matches your interests.
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Advanced Planning Graduate Certificates
If you’re ready to take your advisory practice to the next level, these stackable certificate programs give you the expertise to do it with confidence while putting you on the path to a Master's degree.
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Specialization Provides Immense Value
9%
Higher growth in earnings with a second designation 1
5%
Higher growth in production with a second designation 1
20%
Higher growth in earnings when a ChFC® adds an RICP® 2
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Interested but not ready to enroll yet? Find out about the designations that interest you and what makes The College your ideal partner for specialized expertise at this stage of your career.
Take the Next Step
If you want to broaden your expertise with a foundational designation, you can do that at any time in your career. The College can help you through this stage, too.
1 FUSE Research Network. The American College of Financial Services Designation Outcomes Study. 2024. Based on reported three-year growth compared to financial professionals with one designation.
2 FUSE Research Network. The American College of Financial Services Designation Outcomes Study. 2024. Based on reported three-year growth among advisors with both ChFC® and RICP® compared to ChFC® designees.