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2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

3 Ranked Colleges
137 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 263 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 137 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in accounting and finance. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Indiana University - Southeast

New Albany, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Southeast. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. New Albany, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting and finance degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Indiana University - Southeast, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Southeast are $18,275.

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#2

DeVry University - Illinois

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. DeVry University - Illinois is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 124 masters’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree accounting and finance students whose families make $30-$48k list, DeVry University - Illinois has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DeVry University - Illinois are $17,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full DeVry University - Illinois Accounting and Finance Report

#3

DeVry University - Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Ohio landed the #3 spot on the list. DeVry University - Ohio is a small school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 4 masters’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

DeVry University - Ohio not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DeVry University - Ohio are $17,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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