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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in Pennsylvania

5 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 120 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in Pennsylvania

#1

Clarks Summit University

South Abington Township, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarks Summit University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students list, CSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $16,313 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students per year to attend Clarks Summit University.

Read more about Accounting and Business/Management at Clarks Summit University

#2

Strayer University - Pennsylvania

Trevose, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Strayer University - Pennsylvania is a small school located in Trevose, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Pennsylvania did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $21,800 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students per year to attend Strayer University - Pennsylvania.

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#3

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chestnut Hill College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Chestnut Hill College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 7 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students list, CHC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Chestnut Hill College is $26,357 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students.

Read more about Accounting and Business/Management at Chestnut Hill College

#4

Arcadia University

Glenside, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arcadia University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Arcadia is a small school located in Glenside, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Arcadia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arcadia is $27,189 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 Arcadia University Accounting and Business/Management Report

#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Drexel is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drexel University is $34,914 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at Drexel University

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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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