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2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

5 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

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 an Associate in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 2,674 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting in Pennsylvania

#1

Reading Area Community College

Reading, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Reading Area Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania. Reading, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

RACC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for RACC is $9,926 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Accounting students.

Read more about Accounting at RACC

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is a small school located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 associates’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania associate degree accounting students list, Pennsylvania Highlands has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is $7,583 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Accounting students.

Read full report on Accounting at Pennsylvania Highlands

#3

Central Penn College

Summerdale, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Penn College landed the #3 spot on the list. Central Penn is a small private for-profit school situated in Summerdale, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 associates’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Penn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Penn is $20,862 for pennsylvania associate degree accounting students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Accounting at Central Penn College

#4

Community College of Beaver County

Monaca, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Beaver County. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania list. Located in Monaca, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

CCBC also made our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend CCBC is $7,885 for pennsylvania associate degree accounting students.

Full Community College of Beaver County Accounting Report

#5

South Hills School of Business & Technology

State College, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Hills School of Business & Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania list. South Hills School of Business & Technology is located in State College, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania associate degree accounting students list, South Hills School of Business & Technology has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $20,644 for pennsylvania associate degree accounting students per year to attend South Hills School of Business & Technology.

The 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 more about Accounting at South Hills School of Business & Technology

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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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