2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

With 75,655 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, accounting is the 7th most popular major in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 6,338 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 11 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting at Capella University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (With Aid)

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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