by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Accounting and Finance is the 289th most popular major in the country with 3,648 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 251 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting and finance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting and finance.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hiram College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region. Hiram College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hiram, Ohio. It awarded 24 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Delaware, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lourdes University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Sylvania, Ohio, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Accounting and Finance at Lourdes University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. Circleville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Ohio Christian University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aquinas College Michigan. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Aquinas College Michigan is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 1 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Accounting and Finance at Aquinas College Michigan
Northern Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.
Full Northern Michigan University Accounting and Finance Report
Ferris State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ferris is a fairly large school located in Big Rapids, Michigan that handed out 1 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Cleary University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Howell, Michigan, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Cleary University
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