2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 236 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting and business/management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$12,944 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,944 for southwest region bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students per year to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona.

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#2

University of Phoenix - Texas

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$12,237 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. UOPX - Texas is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - Texas, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UOPX - Texas is $12,237 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#3

Strayer University - Texas

Austin, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$25,902 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Texas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Strayer University - Texas is $25,902 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Business/Management students.

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#4

Wiley College

Marshall, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$17,666 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Business/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wiley College landed the #4 spot on the list. Wiley College is a small school located in Marshall, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students list, Wiley College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wiley College is $17,666 for southwest region bachelor’s degree accounting and business/management students.

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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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