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Top 5 Benefits of Earning the FPQP® Designation

The FPQP® designation program is a perfect way to begin your career in the world of personal financial planning.

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Industry Recognition:

The FPQP® designation is recognized is an ideal way to empower your financial planning support staff and is endorsed and encouraged by the top financial firms.

Stackable Credits:

FPQP® designees receive credit for the completion of FP511 in our CFP® certification education program. This allows you to save both time and money while pursuing multiple credentials.

Tangible Career Benefits:

Financial planning professionals working in a financial planning role both the year before and year after receiving their most recent specialized professional designation such as the FPQP® designation reported an average 16% earnings increase in the year after earning that professional designation.

Fulfill Continuing Education Requirements:

If you currently hold a professional designation from the College, completion of a new professional designation program fulfills 16 hours of continuing education as part of the renewal of your current designation. 

Skills That Benefit You and Your Clients:

Learn to better assist financial planners and their clients while advancing your own financial career.

A Foundation to Your Professional Education

Cindy Riecke, Chair and Professor of Financial Literacy at the College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company, overviews  how the FPQP® program can provide a solid foundation to build on your professional education and common paths to consider after earning the FPQP® designation.

"The Financial Paraplanner Qualified Professional program is excellent for someone like me who is just starting a career in financial planning. Course materials provide a well-written and comprehensive introduction to the financial services industry."—Pat G

16% Earnings Increase: Earnings increases are dependent on numerous factors other than, or in addition to, completion of the specialized financial designation including specific employment conditions and individual experience. The College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company does not guarantee any earnings increase resulting directly from such designation. Results are the findings of a quantitative survey conducted by the College for Financial Planning between June 27 and August 7, 2023. For this survey, a sample of 951 2022 and 2023 graduates of the College for Financial Planning was interviewed online in English. This earnings increase was based on 366 graduates with a specialized financial designation (AAMS®, ABFP®, ADPA®, APMA®, AWMA®, CRPC®, CRPS®, CSRIC®, FPQP®, SE-AWMA®, WMS℠) who were employed in a financial planning role both the year before and year after receiving their most recent professional designation.