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2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona

8 Ranked Colleges
1,255 Degrees Awarded
$16,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s in Arizona” ranking.

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 Arizona, there were 2,024 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,255 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree accounting students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Arizona

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 530 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students.

Full University of Phoenix - Arizona Accounting Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 271 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree accounting students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for arizona bachelor’s degree accounting students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full ASU - Tempe Accounting Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 153 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Accounting at University of Arizona

#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona list. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 78 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for arizona bachelor’s degree accounting students.

Read more about Accounting at Northern Arizona University

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 216 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. It costs about $21,020 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students per year to attend Grand Canyon University.

Read more about Accounting at Grand Canyon University

#8 in overall quality

American InterContinental University - Online landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona ranking. This fairly large school is located in Schaumburg, Illinois, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree accounting students list, AIU Online has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $12,585 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students per year to attend AIU Online.

Read more about Accounting at AIU Online

#7

Ottawa University - Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

Ottawa University - Phoenix landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona ranking. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Ottawa University - Phoenix did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Accounting at Ottawa University - Phoenix

#8

DeVry University - Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, DeVry University - Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona list. DeVry University - Arizona is a small private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 3 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

DeVry University - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend DeVry University - Arizona is $28,531 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students.

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.

Full DeVry University - Arizona Accounting Report

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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