2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 75,655 accounting students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country.

Across Kentucky, there were 764 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 79 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting 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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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky master’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, and it awarded 16 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

NKU also made our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Kentucky University are $17,358.

Read full report on Accounting at NKU

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 41 diplomas to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting at UofL

#4

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k)

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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