by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 West Virginia, there were 440 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,814 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree accounting students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #1 spot on the list. West Virginia University is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 42 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia list. This fairly large school is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and it awarded 15 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Accounting at American Public University System
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheeling University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia list. This small school is located in Wheeling, West Virginia, and it awarded 2 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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