2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree accounting and finance students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Finance in the Great Lakes Region

#1

DeVry University - Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$17,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeVry University - Illinois. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. 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.

DeVry University - Illinois did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting and Finance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DeVry University - Illinois are $17,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at DeVry University - Illinois

#2

Indiana University - Southeast

New Albany, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Southeast. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting and Finance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Southeast is located in New Albany, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.

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.

Read more about Accounting and Finance at Indiana University - Southeast

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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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