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2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

7 Ranked Colleges
341 Degrees Awarded
$28,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the New England region, there were 370 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in accounting and finance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting and finance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting and finance 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 Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance in the New England Region

#1

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 107 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.

SNHU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SNHU is $41,095 for new england region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.

Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Southern New Hampshire University

#2

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bridgewater State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Bridgewater State University is a public institution located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 85 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bridgewater State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bridgewater State University is $18,457 for new england region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.

Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Bridgewater State

#3

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salem State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Salem State is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Massachusetts that handed out 12 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students list, Salem State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Salem State University is $18,399 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students.

Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Salem State University

#4

Granite State College

Concord, New Hampshire
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Granite State College is a small school located in Concord, New Hampshire that handed out 11 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students list, GSC has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GSC is $12,507 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students.

Full GSC Accounting and Finance Report

#5

Franklin Pierce University

Rindge, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin Pierce University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This small school is located in Rindge, New Hampshire, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Franklin Pierce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Franklin Pierce is $27,617 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students.

Full Franklin Pierce Accounting and Finance Report

#6

Bryant University

Smithfield, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Bryant University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Bryant University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bryant not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bryant University is $39,234 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Accounting and Finance students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at Bryant University

#7

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Bentley University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Bentley University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 100 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bentley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bentley is $38,986 for new england region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Bentley Accounting and Finance Report

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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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