by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 48 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 accounting and finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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 plains states region bachelor’s degree accounting and finance students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tabor College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Hillsboro, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting and finance students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McPherson College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region list. McPherson College is located in McPherson, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Central University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region. North Central University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 more about Accounting and Finance at North Central University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region. Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Accounting and Finance at Bethel University Minnesota
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting and finance students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Drake University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting and Finance Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting and finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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