About CORI MURPHY - THE COLLEGE AUTHORITY

Cori Murphy is a Certified College Planning Specialist.  Having worked as a financial advisor for more than 7 years, Cori provides a unique combination of skills and experience to her college planning practice. She also holds the Series 7, 66 and 63 Securities Licenses, as well as an Oregon Life Insurance and Variable Annuity License. After many years of providing quality investment advice and assisting a wide variety of individual and business clients in accomplishing their financial goals, Cori was introduced to the NICCP and Bryan Ward, CCPS. It was then that she was inspired to help families navigate the complex college admissions and financial aid system. 

Now based in the Rogue Valley, Oregon, Cori’s practice serves families from Ashland and Medford to Grants Pass and east to Klamath Falls. She is committed to her clientele and strives to assist each and every family make their dreams of college a reality.

Cori’s dedication to her family and community is reflected in her business. Cori currently serves as on the Crater Foundation Auction Planning Committee and is an active member of Women Entrepreneurs Of Southern Oregon (WESO). When not in the office, Cori can be found with her two small children enjoying the multitude of activities the area has to offer.

Bryan Ward, CCPS, founded The College Authority more than 10 years ago. Since that time Bryan and his colleagues have worked with over 800 families guiding them through the complex and, at times, frustrating college planning process. Bryan now practices in Austin, Texas and provides leadership and support to a select group of college planning representatives around the country.

About the NICCP and the CCPS Designation

The National Institute of Certified College Planners (NICCP), founded in 2002, is the organization dedicated solely to the administration and maintenance of the Certified College Planning Specialist designation program.

The driving force behind the NICCP is its Advisory Council, composed of dedicated professionals with many years of experience in higher education and the financial services industry.

The mission of the NICCP is to advance the principles of financial planning for higher education through providing recognition and support to those experienced financial professionals who devote a large portion of their practices to helping families plan financially for college without sacrificing their current lifestyle or destroying their other financial priorities.

The CCPS designation is the nation's first and only professional certification program with an exclusive focus on college financial planning.  While virtually all financial advisors have backgrounds in retirement planning, many lack the in-depth training needed to demonstrate a requisite level of expertise in the field of college planning.

This knowledge gap explains why the NICCP was created. The core objective of The National Institute of Certified College Planners is to provide the ongoing educational support and public recognition that distinguish and empower CCPS designees in the in the specialty field of college financial planning.