2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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In 2019-2020, 1,600 people earned their degree in accounting and business/management, making the major the 323rd most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$12,472 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. This small school is located in Mitchell, South Dakota, and it awarded 13 associates’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree accounting and business/management students list, Mitchell Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mitchell Technical College is $12,472 for plains states region associate degree accounting and business/management students.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$18,285 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $18,285 for plains states region associate degree accounting and business/management students per year to attend K -State.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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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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