2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 101,094 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Southeast region, there were 24,469 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,343 and $28,520 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.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 For Those Getting Aid. Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ole Miss, the school also landed the #2 spot 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 Ole Miss are $25,099.

Read more about Accounting at Ole Miss

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790.

Full Georgia State Accounting Report

#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 For Those Getting Aid. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Accounting at UA

• 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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