2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Colorado

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 75,655 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Colorado, there were 1,431 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 206 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,269 and $19,040 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Colorado” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Colorado” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado associate degree accounting students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Accounting in Colorado

#1

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$16,435 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Colorado list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 196 associates’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is $16,435 for Colorado Associate Degree Accounting students.

Full Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Accounting Report

#2

Aims Community College

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$8,386 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for an Associate in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Aims Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Aims Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The estimated yearly cost for Aims Community College is $8,386 for Colorado Associate Degree Accounting students.

Full Aims Community College Accounting Report

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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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