by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 99,265 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Montana, there were 175 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,268 and $29,875 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,073 and $20,221 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in accounting.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Highlands College of Montana Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana list. Highlands College of Montana Tech is located in Butte, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Helena College University of Montana landed the #2 spot on the list. Helena College University of Montana is a small school located in Helena, Montana that handed out 8 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Accounting at Helena College University of Montana
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Falls College Montana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana list. Great Falls College Montana State University is located in Great Falls, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Blackfeet Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana. This small school is located in Browning, Montana, and it awarded 1 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Flathead Valley Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Flathead Valley Community College is located in Kalispell, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
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Montana State University - Billings did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #6. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The University of Montana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Missoula, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Miles Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #8. Miles Community College is located in Miles City, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
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