2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 101,094 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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

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

#1

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$40,992 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bentley is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree accounting students list, Bentley has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bentley University are $40,992, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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