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2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Accounting and Finance is the 302nd most popular major in the country with 3,100 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 64 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in accounting and finance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting and finance 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 finance 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 Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. UND is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $11,092 for plains states region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of North Dakota.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at UND

#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Bethel University Minnesota is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 10 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bethel University Minnesota is $18,396 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Bethel University Minnesota

#3

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #3 spot on the list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Drake has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drake is $25,212 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Drake

#4

McPherson College

McPherson, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McPherson College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. McPherson College is a small school located in McPherson, Kansas that handed out 2 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

McPherson College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $23,358 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend McPherson College.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at McPherson College

#5

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Central University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting and finance students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Central University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,582 for plains states region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend North Central University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at North Central University

#6

Tabor College

Hillsboro, Kansas
#6 in overall quality

Tabor College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Hillsboro, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students whose families make $0-$30k list, Tabor has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tabor is $21,218 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at Tabor College

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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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