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The Premium Package for CFP® Certification Education
Wealthmanagement.com recently ranked the College for Financial Planning #1 in its list of 15 Top-Ranked Instructor-Led Online Certificate Programs for the CFP® Exam.*
With our Premium Package, you have absolutely everything you need to complete the required education and review for the CFP® certification examination. Enroll today and get started down your path to earning the CFP® mark.
This 12-month, structured-pace program brings together our instructor-led, online education program and exam prep review into one convenient bundle:
- Begin your live online classes in July 2025 and sit for the CFP® exam in July 2026.
- You'll complete your education in 9 months, then prepare to pass with our exam prep review (3 months).
- Review the class schedule for our 7-course curriculum to be aware of each course’s:
- Course access date (your coursework would begin as soon as you have course access)
- Class dates (there is a fixed schedule of classes for each course)
If you’re ready to start live online classes in July 2025 to keep you on pace to sit for the CFP® exam in July 2026, you can pay-up-front or course-by-course based on your budget or company's reimbursement plan.
At the end of our 7-course curriculum you'll earn a Certificate in Personal Financial Planning. Most coursework you complete as part of the CFP® certification education program provides stackable credit towards a Master of Science degree in Personal Financial Planning in your future.
*Wealthmanagement.com, The 15 Top-Ranked Instructor-Led Online Certificate Programs for the CFP Exam, May 2021.
Premium Package Highlights:
Education Program
You'll get everything you need from an instructor-led, graduate-level, Live Online Class to a full set of integrated study tools to help you practice concepts and formulas. View class schedules below.
Exam Prep Review
The Premium Package includes our Premium Review, so you'll receive everything you need to review for the CFP® exam after you complete your education coursework.
Payment Options
Choose to pay upfront and receive a discount, or course-by-course to make reimbursement and budgeting easy.
Available Package Options:
Pay up front and save $549
Pay Course by Course
Important note about course by course packages: While your subtotal will reflect the total price for the package during checkout, your credit card will only be charged for the first course. (Each future course in the 7-course curriculum will be charged once you complete the course before it.)
Your Premium Package Includes:
Education Program
The required education curriculum is presented in a series of Live Online Classes. Our expert faculty will guide you through formulas and concepts with a structured approach, allowing you to complete the education in just 9 months. These classes are meant to give you the “big picture” of concepts and formulas, so you can apply them to problems and scenarios throughout your coursework. Each class is recorded and archived, so you can go back and review key areas or catch up if you missed a class.
Begin your classes in July 2025! View the schedule for live online classes below. Classes are held 8:00–10:00 pm ET.
Education Course Materials and Study Tools
Each financial planning course comes with a corresponding education program textbook. Complete your required education with these concise, clear, and comprehensive study notes and supplemental readings.
Your Premium Package will contain all eBook textbooks. You will receive an email with instructions on how to access materials through the VitalSource® platform.
You will not receive a textbook or eBook for FP517 course because all materials are provided to you via your online classroom.
To facilitate student learning with content in our curriculum, our video library contains topical videos that target topics that are commonly tested on the exam, topics many candidates find challenging and topics often asked about by students.
A Performance Tracker in our learning platform will identify how well you understand the topics that have been covered and highlight weak areas where more review is needed.
Practice what you have learned by taking focused QBank quizzes to master module concepts. Access your QBank online and view answer explanations for every question.
Learning Platform
The Activity Feed truly takes the guesswork out of creating a study plan! Depend on the Activity Feed to efficiently guide you through the content and study tools, giving you an effective, integrated study experience. You can even schedule days off, and your activities will adjust accordingly.
In addition to giving you a snapshot of how you're progressing against all study plan activities, Performance Tracker helps you understand which topic areas you're doing well in and which areas need some work so you can master all knowledge topics.
As you prepare for the exam, connect with a credentialed instructor to get your exam- and content-related questions answered.
Premium Review
Our industry-leading Premium Review package provides the best and most comprehensive way to prepare to pass the CFP® Certification exam, combining a Review Class with a full set of integrated study tools.
Review Classes
Choose between available Onsite, Live Online or OnDemand review classes based on your learning style. All review classes are led by the expert faculty of the College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company, who not only provide personalized guidance in class but also via email as you study.
Review Materials and Study Tools
As part of your review for the CFP® exam, students receive PDFs of College’s CFP® certification education textbooks from the following courses:
- FP511 - General Financial Planning Principles, Professional Conduct, and Client Pyschology
- FP512 - Risk Management, Insurance, and Employee Benefits Planning
- FP513 - Investment Planning
- FP514 - Tax Planning
- FP515 - Retirement Savings and Income Planning
- FP516 - Estate Planning
How prepared are you for the CFP® exam? This 100-question Pre-Study Assessment at the beginning of your study plan helps you gauge your overall readiness. It identifies your strong areas and those you find challenging, enabling you to focus accordingly right from the start
For topics that require a deeper review for you to master, our videos will help you get there. Choose the videos you need to be fully prepared on exam day.
Videos include our popular High 5 series, one of our students' favorite review tools! Expert instructors focus specifically on highly testable content that you should pay extra attention to and ways to approach it on the exam.
As part of each review topic, you'll have a "Summary of Commonly Tested Topics” PDF in your online materials and study tools. This information will help you focus on the most highly testable and challenging topics to understand.
Our financial planning case studies are detailed scenarios designed to help students apply their knowledge of financial planning in practical situations. Case studies typically delve into various aspects of financial planning, including investments, retirement planning, tax planning, estate planning, insurance, and risk management. By working through these case studies, students learn to integrate and synthesize information from different topic areas, and practice making recommendations for clients based on their unique financial situations. This holistic hands-on approach is crucial for grasping the complexities of financial planning.
Case studies are excellent preparation for the CFP Board exam (as they mirror the type of questions students will face throughout the exam) as well as for the real work of advising clients. By working through practical scenarios, students develop the skills and confidence needed to provide effective financial advice in their professional careers.
Throughout your review, a robust QBank of approximately 2,500 exam-like questions tests your knowledge and ability to apply it to real-world scenarios. To further focus your practice efforts, you can filter the QBank by subject area or create custom quizzes.
A full online Mock Exam simulates the 6-hour exam day to give you an experience similar to taking the actual national CFP® exam. Each session of the Mock Exam includes questions in a format similar to the actual exam, including stand-alone questions and sets of questions with associated short scenarios and longer case studies. Before you attempt the Mock Exam, you'll have access to an instructional video that gives you tips on how to approach the exam.
After completing the Mock Exam, you'll see question rationales to help you gain a stronger understanding of topics.
Learning Platform
The Activity Feed—a cutting edge study tool unique to our program—takes the guesswork out of creating a study plan. It provides personalized guidance on what to complete each week throughout your 10-week exam prep, ensuring an integrated and efficient study path to exam day. Your Activity Feed dynamically adjusts to both your progress and any scheduled days off, so you’ll always know what you need to do to stay on pace.
In addition to giving you a snapshot of how you're progressing against all study plan activities, Performance Tracker helps you understand which topic areas you're doing well in and which areas need some work so you can master all knowledge topics.
Email expert faculty of College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company right from your learning platform as you study. Get all your exam-related questions answered from someone who knows what it takes to pass.
Other Features
We’re so confident that our program will lead you to CFP® exam success on your first attempt, we guarantee it at no extra cost. With PassProtection™, eligible students will be permitted their choice of one of the following if they have a failed CFP® exam attempt.
- Full refund of the Premium EPR cost or
- One (1) complimentary enrollment in another Premium EPR within one year (three exam cycles)
Course Descriptions:
Graduate-level (0 academic credits); Prerequisite(s): none
This course examines basic financial planning concepts for developing client relationships; gathering, analyzing and evaluating financial documents, statements and other information; developing and communicating relevant recommendations to clients; implementing recommendations through the use of a financial planning team; and monitoring the financial plan on a periodic basis, all within CFP Board professional and regulatory standards. Students will develop a pragmatic perspective of the field of financial planning as they learn to analyze personal financial statements, understand time value of money concepts, explore education funding techniques, advise clients regarding the management of debt, apply behavioral finance concepts, gain an understanding of federal and state regulatory requirements, learn the ethical environment of financial planning and integrate the legal and economic aspects of financial planning within a practice.
Graduate-level (3 academic credits); Prerequisite(s): none
This course explores fundamental insurance, annuity, and employee benefit concepts and products. Students will gain knowledge of the principles of risk and insurance; learn how to analyze and evaluate risk exposures; and understand the concepts of personal and business insurance for life, health, disability, long-term care and property insurance. Students will also develop perspectives regarding the integration of social insurance (e.g. Medicare, workers compensation)within the framework of financial planning. Equity-based compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation and other employee benefits will also be presented and discussed.
Graduate-level (3 academic credits); Prerequisite(s): none
This course examines the characteristics, uses and taxation of investment vehicles: stocks, bonds, cash and cash equivalents, promissory notes, guaranteed investment contracts, real estate, and alternative investments. Students will also develop an understanding of the various types of risk: systematic and unsystematic, purchasing power, interest rate, business, and financial risk. Students are introduced to quantitative investment concepts, measures of investment returns, bond and stock valuation concepts, investment theory, portfolio development and analysis, investment strategies, asset allocation, and asset pricing models.
Graduate-level (3 academic credits); Prerequisite(s): none
This course focuses on income tax fundamentals and calculations, tax accounting, characteristics and income taxation of business entities, basis, depreciation and cost recovery concepts. The impact of the alternative minimum tax (AMT), passive activity, at-risk rules, charitable contributions and charitable deductions on a client’s financial plan is also studied. Students will gain an understanding of the tax consequences of like-kind exchanges and the disposition of property, and will learn how the loss of a spouse through death or divorce affects a client’s tax status.
Graduate-level (3 academic credits); Prerequisite(s): none
Students will be exposed to retirement needs analyses, types and characteristics of retirement plans, qualified plan rules and options, and provisions of tax-advantaged plans. The effects of ERISA on retirement plans is examined and the impact of Social Security on a client’s retirement plan is also discussed. Students will gain an understanding of plan distribution options, rules, alternatives and taxation, and will also explore key factors affecting plan selection for businesses and investment considerations for retirement plans.
Graduate-level (3 academic credits); Prerequisite(s): none
This course analyzes the various techniques and strategies used in developing estate plans based on client criteria and needs. Property titling, property transfer at death, gifting strategies, and sources of estate liquidity are discussed. Students will also gain insight on wills, probate, and the types, uses and taxation of trusts during estate planning.
- General Financial Planning Principles, Professional Conduct, and Regulation
- Risk Management, Insurance, and Employee Benefits Planning
- Investment Planning
- Income Tax Planning
- Retirement Savings and Income Planning
- Estate Planning
Schedule for Live Online Classes:
All Live Online classes in the schedules below are held 8:00–10:00 pm ET.
All Live Online classes in the schedule below are held 8:00–10:00 pm ET.
| 511 | 512 | 513 | 514 | 515 | 516 | 517 | |
| Course Access (Approximate Date) | Jun 3, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | Feb 6, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Class 1 | Jul 8 | Aug 21 | Oct 7 | Nov 20 | Jan 13 | Feb 26 | Mar 14 |
| Class 2 | Jul 10 | Aug 26 | Oct 9 | Nov 25 | Jan 15 | Mar 3 | Mar 16 |
| Class 3 | Jul 15 | Aug 28 | Oct 14 | Dec 2 | Jan 20 | Mar 5 | Mar 21 |
| Class 4 | Jul 17 | Sep 2 | Oct 16 | Dec 4 | Jan 22 | Mar 10 | |
| Class 5 | Jul 22 | Sep 4 | Oct 21 | Dec 9 | Jan 27 | Mar 12 | |
| Class 6 | Jul 24 | Sep 9 | Oct 23 | Dec 11 | Jan 29 | Mar 17 | |
| Class 7 | Jul 29 | Sep 11 | Oct 28 | Dec 16 | Feb 3 | Mar 19 | |
| Class 8 | Jul 31 | Sep 16 | Oct 30 | Dec 18 | Feb 5 | Mar 24 | |
| Class 9 | Aug 5 | Sep 18 | Nov 4 | Dec 23 | Feb 10 | Mar 26 | |
| Class 10 | Aug 7 | Sep 23 | Nov 6 | Dec 30 | Feb 12 | Mar 31 | |
| Coursework Due Date* | Aug 17, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | Nov 16, 2025 | Jan 9, 2026 | Feb 22, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | May 6, 2026 |
| Exam Prep Review | Exam Preparation begins the first week of May 2026. Make sure you are enrolled in a Live Review no later than mid-April 2026. | ||||||
* The final exam for each course must be completed by 11:59 pm CT.
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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and CFP®(with plaque design) in the United States, which it authorizes use of by individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
The College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company does not certify individuals to use the CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and CFP (with plaque logo) certification marks. CFP® certification is granted only by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. to those persons who, in addition to completing an educational requirement such as this CFP Board-Registered Program, have met its ethics, experience, and examination requirements. The College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company is an education and exam prep review provider for the CFP® Certification Examination administered by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. CFP Board does not endorse any education or review course or receive financial remuneration from education or review course providers.
Terms and Conditions: 10% off applies to Premium, EssentialPlus, and Essential education packages and courses, and CFP® Premium Exam Study Package only. All offers are for new enrollments only. To redeem online, enter code CFP-Start2025 at checkout. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts or promotions, cannot be applied to previous purchases, and is not redeemable for cash value. Offer begins at 9:00 am CT March 19, 2025, and expires April 23, 2025, at 11:59 pm CT.