Certificant Surveys
2015 CFP® Professionals Survey
This survey of CFP® professionals, conducted in December 2015-January 2016, offers you insights on CFP® professionals’ perceptions of the CFP® certification, CFP Board’s initiatives and the service they receive from CFP Board.
Key findings include:
- Satisfaction with financial planning careers remains high: 90% are very satisfied with their career choice
- CFP® professionals value CFP® certification: 91% are strongly satisfied with their decision to pursue CFP® certification
- CFP® professionals strongly believe in the value of CFP® certification for financial professionals: 91% would recommend CFP® certification
- CFP® professionals strongly believe in the importance of CFP Board’s priorities and initiatives
- CFP® professionals agree that the service from CFP Board meets their expectations
93% of CFP® professionals surveyed in 2015 rate CFP Board's priorities of building and promoting the CFP® certification brand and of enforcing standards for use of CFP® certification as “very important.”