2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Accounting and Business/Management is the 323rd most popular major in the country with 1,600 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 236 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 73 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in accounting and business/management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting and business/management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting and business/management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rose State College

Midwest City, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$7,854 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Midwest City, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting and business/management degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

RSC also made our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for RSC is $7,854 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full RSC Accounting and Business/Management Report

#2

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,605 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest University at El Paso landed the #2 spot on the list. Southwest University at El Paso is a private for-profit institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 65 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest University at El Paso did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,605 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southwest University at El Paso.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Southwest University at El Paso Accounting and Business/Management Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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