2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 91 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in accounting and business/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting and business/management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting and business/management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree accounting and business/management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$14,867 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mitchell Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Mitchell Technical College is a public institution located in Mitchell, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mitchell Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mitchell Tech is $14,867 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Accounting and Business/Management at Mitchell Technical College

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$19,892 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 12 associates’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,892 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Accounting and Business/Management students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend K -State.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at K -State

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management (Income $75-$110k)

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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