2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the New England Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 101,094 accounting students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,557 and had an average of $26,381 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 6,105 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,528 and $25,967 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$40,992 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bentley University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bentley, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bentley are $40,992, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Accounting at Bentley University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (With Aid)

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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