by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Nebraska for an Associate” 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 Nebraska, there were 479 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,508 and $34,817 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 61 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,713 and $18,510 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Nebraska for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular accounting programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Nebraska for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska associate degree accounting students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Nebraska for an Associate. Metropolitan Community College is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 36 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Nebraska for an Associate. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nebraska Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Nebraska for an Associate. WNCC is a small school located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska that handed out 5 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Nebraska for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Union College Nebraska landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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