2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting and finance programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The accounting and finance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree accounting and finance students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Minnesota State University - Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$9,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 19 masters’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Moorhead are $9,900, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance (With Aid)

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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