2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Arkansas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Arkansas, there were 654 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 3 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 48 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121.

Read full report on Accounting at UARK

#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. UCA is a fairly large public school situated in Conway, Arkansas. It awarded 23 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also made our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648.

Full UCA Accounting Report

#3

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

A-State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at A-State are $11,586, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Accounting at A-State

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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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