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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 99,265 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 1,791 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,781 and $34,414 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 300 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,095 and $24,621 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado list. This large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 194 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Accounting Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado. CCD is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Arapahoe Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Littleton, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pikes Peak Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Northwestern Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado. Colorado Northwestern Community College is a small school located in Rangely, Colorado that handed out 1 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Accounting at Colorado Northwestern Community College
Red Rocks Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado list. This medium-sized school is located in Lakewood, Colorado, and it awarded 9 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Colorado Mountain College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado ranking. Colorado Mountain College is a medium-sized public school situated in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It awarded 5 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Front Range Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado ranking. FRCC is located in Westminster, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Aims Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Community College of Aurora landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado ranking. Community College of Aurora is a medium-sized school located in Aurora, Colorado that handed out 2 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Accounting at Community College of Aurora
Pueblo Community College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado list. Pueblo Community College is a medium-sized school located in Pueblo, Colorado that handed out 2 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeastern Junior College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado ranking. Sterling, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
DeVry University - Colorado landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Colorado ranking. Located in Westminster, Colorado, this small private for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
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