2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting and finance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting and finance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Minnesota State University - Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$9,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 19 masters’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Moorhead are $9,900, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Accounting and Finance at MSU Moorhead

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (Income $0-$30k)

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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