by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s” ranking.
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 Arizona, there were 2,471 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,121 and $28,247 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 362 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. To top this list, a school must have a successful accounting program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 Arizona for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree accounting students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 205 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 121 masters’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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 32 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 4 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Accounting at DeVry University - Arizona
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ottawa University - Phoenix landed the #5 spot on the list. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 3 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting Major in Arizona for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American InterContinental University - Online landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Accounting at American InterContinental University - Online
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