2024 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
24
Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
1,379
Master's Degrees
Accounting is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #7 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 24 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for accounting students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,379 master's degrees in accounting to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Accounting School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of accounting for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality accounting program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on accounting students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other accounting students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for accounting students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Accounting Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.