by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 73,172 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across the Plains States region, there were 6,058 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. That schools that top this list have a program in accounting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 8 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in the Plains States Region. Mizzou is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 1 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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