2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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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 Plains States region, there were 7,325 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,219 and $28,170 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree accounting students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$97,959 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Accounting at Capella University

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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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