2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Accounting
927
Colleges
5,415,716
Bachelor's Degrees
$18,299
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Accounting School for You
In 2021-2022, N/A accounting students received their bachelor's degrees, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.
For this year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Accounting ranking, we looked at 927 colleges that offer a bachelor's in accounting. To us, 'best value' doesn't just mean the school with the lowest overall costs. For this ranking, we are identifying those accounting schools that provide their students with a hiqh quality education at a price that is lower than other colleges and universities of the same caliber.
To determine the average cost, we look at total expenses - such as tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses - and then subtract the average financial award a student receives. Knowing this amount can help you determine how much you may have to borrow in loans or take out of savings. Depending on your income and other factors, the cost for you to attend a particular school may be more or less.
More Ways to Rank Accounting Schools
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 Value Accounting Schools.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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2024 Best Value Accounting Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Accounting Colleges for the Money.
Top 10 Best Value Accounting Schools
The #1 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo. BYU excels when it comes to quality. It's ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Accounting Schools list.
It takes about 5.2 years for the average student at BYU to complete their degree, and it costs about $12,451 per year to attend the school. This means that the average student pays around $64,123 to get a bachelor’s degree from BYU. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Full Accounting at Brigham Young University - Provo Report
University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value accounting schools. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UOPX - Arizona also is in the top 10% of our Best Accounting Schools ranking.
Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
Full Accounting at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Governors University. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WGU also is in the top 10% of our Best Accounting Schools ranking.
When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Our rankings recognize Colorado State University - Global Campus as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Aurora. Colorado State University - Global Campus excels when it comes to quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Accounting Schools list.
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Park University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville. In addition to its great value ranking, Park University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Accounting Schools list.
It takes the average student at Park University about 4.3 years to graduate, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $15,329. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from Park University be around $66,375. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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Our rankings recognize Brigham Young University - Idaho as the #6 school in this year's rankings. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at BYU - I is 5.0 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $7,343. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from BYU - I is about $36,421. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Full Accounting at Brigham Young University - Idaho Report
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to American Public University System. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Wilmington University. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Wilmington University also is in the top 20% of our Best Accounting Schools ranking.
When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #9 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value accounting schools. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion. IWU also claimed a spot on our Best Accounting Schools list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Brigham Young University - Hawaii landed the #10 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value accounting schools. Located in the town of Laie, BYU - H is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
At BYU - H, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.6 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $13,139. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from BYU - H is $60,177. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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.
