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. 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 Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Vermont, there were 183 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,582 and $27,149 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in accounting.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Champlain College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Castleton, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Michael’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in Colchester, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #5 spot on the list. Norwich is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 5 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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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