2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 75,655 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, accounting is the 7th most popular major in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 12 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate.
Top 12 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting
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 list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s accounting students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree accounting students list, Capella University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Anderson University Indiana landed the #2 spot on the list. Anderson University Indiana is a small school located in Anderson, Indiana that handed out 4 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.
Anderson University Indiana also made our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at Anderson University Indiana are $11,455, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s accounting degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate. Ole Miss is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 3 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ole Miss, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ole Miss are $25,099, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s accounting students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Georgia State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s accounting students in 2019-2020.
Georgia State also made our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790.
Michigan State University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate ranking. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s accounting degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #8, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #9, University of Oregon did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.
UO also made our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at UO are $29,991, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s accounting students in 2019-2020.
Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Pennsylvania came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s accounting students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Bentley University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s accounting students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree accounting students list, Bentley has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bentley University are $40,992, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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- *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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