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2021 Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

57 Colleges
3,846 Bachelor's Degrees
$28,528 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

This year's Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 57 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students

1

University of Missouri - Columbia has taken the #1 spot in this year's accounting ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population. Mizzou not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region list.

About 0.7% of Mizzou students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,161 students take at least one class online at Mizzou. 5,276 students are part time.

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Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

Capella University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

About 1.1% of Capella University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All 38,716 students take classes exclusively online at Capella University. There are roughly 30,933 part time students in attendance at Capella University.

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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UMN Twin Cities is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. There are roughly 13,655 part time students in attendance at UMN Twin Cities.

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Creighton University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best accounting schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. Creighton also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region rankings.

About 0.4% of Creighton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,694 of Creighton students are exclusively distance learners. 1,359 students are part time.

Full Accounting at Creighton University Report

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Iowa. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City. Iowa also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region rankings.

The student loan default rate at Iowa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. 5,055 students are part time.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UST MN has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,011 students at UST MN that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,432 part time students in attendance at UST MN.

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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.

About 1.2% of SMU MN students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,839 of SMU MN students are exclusively distance learners. 1,444 of SMU MN students are attending part time.

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Wichita State University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. WSU is a large public school located in the large city of Wichita.

The student loan default rate at WSU is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 5,338 students at WSU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,241 part time students in attendance at WSU.

Read full report on Accounting at Wichita State University

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University of Northern Iowa earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNI is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls. UNI excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Accounting in the Plains States Region list.

About 1.1% of UNI students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. About 1,478 of the students at UNI are attending part time.

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Maryville University of Saint Louis earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Maryville U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

About 0.4% of Maryville U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 7,202 of Maryville U students are exclusively distance learners. About 6,662 of the students at Maryville U are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students accounting schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,037
Minnesota 1,012
Iowa 728
Kansas 669
Nebraska 331
North Dakota 209
South Dakota 142

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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