2024 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia

If you pursue a associate degree in accounting, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #13 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 115 associate degrees in accounting during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Accounting School for Your Associate Degree

The accounting associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to accounting students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of accounting students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt accounting students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for accounting students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Accounting in West Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in accounting.

Top West Virginia Schools for an Associate in Accounting

1

American Public University System
Charles Town, WV

47 Annual Graduates

$38,790 Median Starting Salary

$20,097 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in accounting needs to look into American Public University System. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Associate students who receive their degree from the accounting program earn about $38,790 for their early career.

More information about a associate in accounting from American Public University System

2

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, WV

20 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Blue Ridge Community and Technical College if you want to pursue an associate degree in accounting. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a small public college located in the rural area of Martinsburg.More information about a associate in accounting from Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

3

West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown
Morgantown, WV

18 Annual Graduates

$11,289 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in accounting has to check out West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVJC Morgantown is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in accounting from West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown

Best Accounting Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Accounting Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	118
Georgia	121	413
Florida	121	417
North Carolina	120	475
Arkansas	105	18
Tennessee	102	39
Virginia	97	179
Kentucky	90	19
Louisiana	80	91
South Carolina	77	176
Alabama	69	33

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Rankings in Majors Related to Accounting

Accounting is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Accounting Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	65
Accounting	33
Accounting and Business/Management	17

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	482
General Business/Commerce	338
Real Estate	37
Finance & Financial Management	11
Business Support & Assistant Services	5
Hospitality Management	5
General Sales & Marketing	5
Human Resource Management	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.