2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 75,655 accounting students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country.

Across the Southeast region, there were 17,004 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree accounting students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Accounting at Ole Miss

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s accounting degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also made our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting at Georgia State University

#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Tuscaloosa, Alabama 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.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree accounting students list, UA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940.

Read full report on Accounting at UA

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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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