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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia” ranking.
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 West Virginia, there were 550 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,449 and $29,560 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,814 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia” ranking, we looked at 5 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school awarded 42 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia. Marshall University is a fairly large school located in Huntington, West Virginia that handed out 15 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia list. American Military University is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 25 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Accounting at American Public University System
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - West Virginia. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia. Scott Depot, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Accounting at Strayer University - West Virginia
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheeling University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wheeling, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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